# AI Could Kill All Humans by Evan Hubinger > “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans. I personally think it is a greater than ten-percent chance within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.” > **— Evan Hubinger**, *public statement, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Timecoded episode recording:** [*The Ezra Klein Show* at 15:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ90V_JREk&t=920s) — recording and precise locator for Hubinger's statement, which follows a separate sentence spoken by Dario Amodei. - **Additional source:** [CBS reproduction of Hubinger's public statement](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-kill-humans-anthropic-researcher-more-than-ten-percent-chance/) — primary or contemporaneous material supporting the embedded statement or report. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] — preserves broadcast order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions and the surrounding argument. - **Editorial treatment:** The poster text follows the reconciled source object without substantive alteration; spoken punctuation and transcript lineation are normalized for reading. - **Context:** Hubinger states his probability estimate, qualifies Anthropic's intent positively, and says the laboratory still lacks a demonstrated superintelligence-alignment plan. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Evan Hubinger|Evan Hubinger]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Evan Hubinger|Evan Hubinger]] - [[wiki/Existential Risk|Existential Risk]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] - [[wiki/Anthropic|Anthropic]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] - [[wiki/AI Coordination Systems|AI Coordination Systems]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans. I personally think it is a greater than ten-percent chance within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.” — Evan Hubinger, public statement, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-evan-hubinger-ai-kill-humans ```