Another AI expert who warned that the technology could “kill all of humanity” resigned from Google DeepMind on Monday. He argued that time to prevent this from happening may be running out.
Public concern about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence grew after anthropogenic researcher Jacob Coxon revealed that he had resigned, in part, because "the people building artificial intelligence honestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."
Now, anthropologist Evan Hubinger says Coxon was right. He estimates there is a greater than 10% chance that AI will lead to the extinction of all of humanity within the next decade.
Bilal Chughtai, who announced via the X platform that he is leaving Google DeepMind, also supports the idea. "I recently resigned from Google DeepMind, where I worked on research on the safety and harmonization of artificial general intelligence (AGI). I sincerely believe that AI has the potential to kill us all and that we may be running out of time to prevent this."
Chugthai, who co-authored research papers during his time at Google DeepMind, worked as a research engineer and left the company in July 2026, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Warnings about the AI "race"
The latest warnings come at a time when voices are growing within the industry about the dangers of the uncontrolled development of increasingly powerful systems. Anthropic CEO Dario Amondei recently argued in favor of slowing the pace of development of advanced AI systems.
His position has received unusual support from Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and has sparked a new debate about so-called "AI doomerism," the view that the unchecked development of AI could lead to catastrophic consequences for humanity.
Chughtai argued that safe AI development is possible, but will require coordination between companies. "We need to avoid this mad race between AI companies," he said, adding: "We need to regulate the pace of AI development at a speed that society can handle, so that emerging risks can be addressed before extreme harm occurs."
However, US President Donald Trump has dismissed the warnings, calling the AI industry's call for regulation a "hoax". ©LAPSI.al
