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There's a "wall of fear-mongering and doomerism" in the AI world right now.

"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

AI is the "biggest existential threat" to humanity.

AGI's worst-case scenario would be "lights-out for all of us."

Powerful AI systems "taking control" pose an "existential threat."

AI has a "10 to 25 per cent" chance of destroying humanity.

"The most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI... is that literally everyone on Earth will die."

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Society is more likely to get "cat-level" or "dog-level" AI years before human-level AI.

"[W]e will eventually reach AGI... and quite possibly before the end of this century."

"Superhuman AIs" will be achieved "between a few years and a couple of decades."

"Digital intelligence" could overtake us within "5 to 20 years."

We may achieve "something like AGI or AGI-like in the next decade."

"[W]e could get to real AGI in the next decade."

"Human-level" AI could occur in "two or three years."

"I'd be surprised if we don't have AGI by [2029]."

Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence, and When?

Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced a major service outage on Monday, with thousands of users reporting problems accessing the service. The disruption began around noon UTC, affecting the web-based chat interface and mobile app.

Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced a major service outage on Monday, with thousands of users reporting problems accessing the service. The disruption began around noon UTC, affecting the web-based chat interface and mobile app.

Anthropic confirmed that the Claude API remained operational during the outage, while issues were concentrated in the Claude.ai web interface and login/logout authentication paths. The company's status page indicated elevated errors on claude.ai, console and claude code.

Anthropic confirmed that the Claude API remained operational during the outage, while issues were concentrated in the Claude.ai web interface and login/logout authentication paths. The company's status page indicated elevated errors on claude.ai, console and claude code.

The outage peaked with nearly 2,000 user complaints reported on Downdetector, with 42% citing issues with the web-based chat interface and 34% reporting problems with the mobile app. Many users encountered messages stating Claude was experiencing a temporary service disruption.

The outage peaked with nearly 2,000 user complaints reported on Downdetector, with 42% citing issues with the web-based chat interface and 34% reporting problems with the mobile app. Many users encountered messages stating Claude was experiencing a temporary service disruption.

Anthropic began investigating the issue at 11:49 UTC and identified the problem by 13:22 UTC, stating that a fix was being implemented. The company noted the issues were related to Claude.ai and the login/logout paths rather than the core AI models themselves.

Anthropic began investigating the issue at 11:49 UTC and identified the problem by 13:22 UTC, stating that a fix was being implemented. The company noted the issues were related to Claude.ai and the login/logout paths rather than the core AI models themselves.

The service disruption occurred after Claude rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts, overtaking ChatGPT. The chatbot had previously spent a long time below the top 20 rankings before its recent surge in popularity.

The service disruption occurred after Claude rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts, overtaking ChatGPT. The chatbot had previously spent a long time below the top 20 rankings before its recent surge in popularity.

The outage coincided with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/pentagon-threatens-anthropic-over-ai-use-restrictions">ongoing tensions between Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense</a> over safeguards to prevent military use of Claude for mass domestic surveillance or for fully autonomous weapons. President Donald <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/trump-bans-anthropic-ai-from-federal-use-over-pentagon-dispute">Trump had directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products</a>.

The outage coincided with ongoing tensions between Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over safeguards to prevent military use of Claude for mass domestic surveillance or for fully autonomous weapons. President Donald Trump had directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products.

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Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced a significant service outage on Monday, March 2, 2026, with thousands of users reporting problems accessing the service. The disruption began around noon UTC, affecting the web-based chat interface and mobile app.

Anthropic's Claude AI chatbot experienced a significant service outage on Monday, March 2, 2026, with thousands of users reporting problems accessing the service. The disruption began around noon UTC, affecting the web-based chat interface and mobile app.

The outage coincided with ongoing tensions between Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over safeguards preventing military use of Claude for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. President Donald Trump had directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products.

The outage coincided with ongoing tensions between Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over safeguards preventing military use of Claude for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons. President Donald Trump had directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products.

Claude's major outage exposes the fragility of AI infrastructure at the worst possible time, validating market fears that these platforms aren't reliable enough to replace critical legacy systems. The disruption arrives as AI panic has already wiped out $1 trillion in market value, with software stocks plummeting 27% from peak levels as each new Claude feature triggers massive sell-offs.

Claude's major outage exposes the fragility of AI infrastructure at the worst possible time, validating market fears that these platforms aren't reliable enough to replace critical legacy systems. The disruption arrives as AI panic has already wiped out $1 trillion in market value, with software stocks plummeting 27% from peak levels as each new Claude feature triggers massive sell-offs.

The Claude outage wasn't a failure of AI technology but a consequence of AWS infrastructure problems caused by a physical incident at a Middle East data center. External objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and fire that forced a complete power shutdown, disrupting EC2 and networking services that multiple platforms depend on.

The Claude outage wasn't a failure of AI technology but a consequence of AWS infrastructure problems caused by a physical incident at a Middle East data center. External objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and fire that forced a complete power shutdown, disrupting EC2 and networking services that multiple platforms depend on.

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This incident exposes the fragility of AI infrastructure at the worst possible time, validating market fears that these platforms aren't reliable enough to replace critical legacy systems. The disruption arrives as AI panic has already wiped out $1 trillion in market value, with software stocks plummeting 27% from peak levels as each new Claude feature triggers massive sell-offs.

This incident exposes the fragility of AI infrastructure at the worst possible time, validating market fears that these platforms aren't reliable enough to replace critical legacy systems. The disruption arrives as AI panic has already wiped out $1 trillion in market value, with software stocks plummeting 27% from peak levels as each new Claude feature triggers massive sell-offs.

The Claude outage wasn't a failure of AI technology but a consequence of AWS infrastructure problems caused by a physical incident at a Middle East data center. External objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and a fire that forced a complete power shutdown, disrupting EC2 and networking services on which multiple platforms depend.

The Claude outage wasn't a failure of AI technology but a consequence of AWS infrastructure problems caused by a physical incident at a Middle East data center. External objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and a fire that forced a complete power shutdown, disrupting EC2 and networking services on which multiple platforms depend.

There's a 50% chance that Anthropic will reach or surpass ASL-4 by April 14, 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There's a 50% chance that Anthropic will reach or surpass ASL-4 by April 14, 2029, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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