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The 'Godfather of AI' says it's not 'unreasonable' to believe there's a 10% chance the technology will end humanity

  • Geoffrey Hinton — the "Godfather of AI" — says a ~10% chance that AI could wipe out humanity within a decade is "not unreasonable," and that the risky window has shrunk from decades to about 10 years (or less).
  • Insider alarm is rising: an ex‑Anthropic researcher resigned claiming companies are "gambling with our lives," and other Anthropic staff publicly estimate >10% risk from potential superintelligence.
  • Hinton warns of dangers like recursive self‑improvement, cyberattacks or engineered pathogens and urges global regulation — the question is whether governments will act in time.
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