--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "4715e6b9f27d386db74bd7c35d74ec53bbe371212b470787192842f525719498" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/4715e6b9?lang=en" title: "AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-09-29T17:35:03.000Z" category: "Research" topics: ["openai","safety"] source_urls: ["https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1002238/openai-google-anthropic-ai-researchers-safety-interviews"] summary: "\"The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view,\" Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview. It's one of a dozen interviews with AI researchers, including current and former employees at OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Palisade Research, which says it's a nonprofit studying AIs' […]" --- # AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’ > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-09-29T17:35:03.000Z **Category:** Research **Topics:** openai, safety ## Summary "The chance of human extinction is about a coin flip, in my view," Geoffrey Irving, a former OpenAI and Google DeepMind employee, said in a new interview\. It's one of a dozen interviews with AI researchers, including current and former employees at OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic\. Palisade Research, which says it's a nonprofit studying AIs' \[…\] ## Sources - [Story source]()