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Tech Brew Ride Home · Thursday, September 10, 2026

AI Developers Earnestly Believe AI Could Kill Humanity, Researcher Claims

According to AI researcher Jacob Coxen, many individuals within the AI industry genuinely believe that advanced AI could lead to human extinction. He stated that while this fear is often downplayed in public, it is a prevalent concern among executives and senior researchers.

personJacob Coxen

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The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.
I hear the same people express fear privately. Neither company is acting responsibly.
Heard on Tech Brew Ride Home — “The Man Who Quit The AI Industry, published Thursday, September 10, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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AI Developers Earnestly Believe AI Could Kill Humanity, Researcher Claims — Heardvine