# Evan Hubinger **Entity class:** Person / alignment researcher **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / governance / public knowledge **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Evan Hubinger is an Anthropic alignment researcher whose public response to Jacob Coxon's resignation combined a severe probability estimate for human extinction with the judgment that Anthropic is trying in good faith but still lacks a demonstrated plan for superintelligence alignment. ## Relationships [[wiki/Anthropic|Anthropic]] · [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] · [[wiki/Existential Risk|Existential Risk]] · [[wiki/Jacob Coxon|Jacob Coxon]] - **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?]] ## Sources and provenance - [Source or authoritative context](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-kill-humans-anthropic-researcher-more-than-ten-percent-chance/) — accessed for the October 2026 integration. - [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] — reconciled episode conversion and quotation inventory. ## Evidence boundary Time-sensitive roles, forecasts, model capabilities and incident details remain attributed to the dated sources above. This node records the relationship established by the source corpus and does not convert a forecast or reported event into an independently proven fact. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “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* [[reminders/Existential Risk/AI Could Kill All Humans by Evan Hubinger|AI Could Kill All Humans by Evan Hubinger]]