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Prof G Markets · Friday, September 18, 2026

Bostrom on AI Risk: "10% Chance of Annihilating Humanity"

Philosopher Nick Bostrom commented on the recent concerns about AI, describing the situation with a touch of dark humor. He suggested that the debate over AI's existential risk could be framed as a "crazy 4D chess" scenario, musing about a potential "10% chance of annihilating humanity."

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“Well, it certainly is like some some crazy 4D chess to, you know, is to say these I I don't know, like, there's a whatever 10% chance of annihilating humanity.”
“But by the way, um, how much allocation would you like in our IPO?”
Heard on Prof G Markets — “He Warned AI Could Destroy Us. Now The Industry Is Listening — ft. Nick Bostrom”, published Friday, September 18, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Bostrom on AI Risk: "10% Chance of Annihilating Humanity" — Heardvine