Artificial intelligence (AI) could destroy humanity in the next ten years, according to researchers from the company anthropic, one of whom resigned in protest.
This technology it is used every day for seemingly innocuous things like generating photos and writing homework. However, in recent months the upgraded models seem to be getting out of control.
How much of a threat does she pose?
Cube of high-tech companies
Leading researcher in aligning artificial intelligence with human goals in the company anthropic (which stands behind the AI model Claude), said he believed there was more than a 10 percent chance that this technology would "kill all humans" in the next decade.
He warned that his company does not have a plan to ensure that artificial super intelligence (ASI) is adapted to the needs of people, that is, does not harm them. Evan Habinger posted this dramatic message after his colleague Jacob Coxun quit his job this week.
Koksun, researcher Anthropic, who previously worked in OpenAI-ju (whose) ChatGPT), terminated his employment, claiming that "no company is acting responsibly." He said that they ignore the threat or deal with it inadequately, thus "gambling with our lives".
Estimates of when ASI, the theoretical concept of an AI agent that would be more intelligent than even the most intelligent humans, could be developed range from a few years to more than a decade.
Does artificial intelligence do what it wants?
Shortly after Coxun addressed the public, anthropic disclosed an incident.
They announced that it was an early version of their model Claude Opus 4.6 in January independently performed hacker attack, and it was not discovered until recently, indicating how difficult it is to "contain" such models and track them down.
Photo: Unsplash/Solen FeyissaSeveral hacking attacks have been recorded that were carried out by AI models independently
This summer saw a sharp increase in cases where artificial intelligence got out of control. Models lied, ignored instructions, tried to achieve their own goals, and even hacked illegally.
In July this year, the AI model he tested OpenAI he independently hacked another AI company, hugging face. In the space of just a few weeks, anthropic i Meta they also admitted that their AI models carried out the hacking attacks.
Reuters reported last week that the models OpenAItook control of the German language wiki page and a number of other sites. The company did not talk about the incident until it became public.
Legal framework for AI
For months now, some politicians have been calling on the industry to slow down the development of artificial intelligence or, in some cases, stop it altogether.
Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, shared Coxun's resignation announcement, adding: "Mr. Coxun is right. The people developing this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity." Sanders said he would soon propose legislation that would "ban superintelligence" and halt the development of artificial intelligence.
More than 1.300 AI company employees signed an open letter in July urging the US government to "support international efforts to develop the technical and regulatory mechanisms needed to systematically slow the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence."
Photo: Pixabay/sergeitokmakovArtificial superintelligence is developing without a proper legal framework
The dust has also risen in Europe.
In Westminster, government officials expressed concern because anthropic refused to his latest model, Mythos 5, submitted to the UK's Artificial Intelligence Security Institute for testing before its release to the public.
There are also those who did not succumb to panic. Part of the professional public thinks that with an adequate legal framework, it is possible to control the development of artificial intelligence and correct all previous failures, and that it is necessary to concentrate on the current threats caused by AI, such as the bad impact on the environment, the spread of misinformation and endangering jobs.
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