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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."

"[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?

OpenAI's Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki published an essay titled "An Alien Mind" over the weekend, writing that "this is a time that calls for extreme caution" and that he is concerned no one is prepared for a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.

OpenAI's Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki published an essay titled "An Alien Mind" over the weekend, writing that "this is a time that calls for extreme caution" and that he is concerned no one is prepared for a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.

Pachocki said no laboratory has solved alignment and monitoring well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and he expects voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until the industry establishes shared safety bars.

Pachocki said no laboratory has solved alignment and monitoring well enough to keep scaling at maximum speed, and he expects voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until the industry establishes shared safety bars.

The essay urged that frameworks such as OpenAI's Preparedness Framework and Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy become mandated safety thresholds, enforceable by third-party auditors, government agencies or international bodies.

The essay urged that frameworks such as OpenAI's Preparedness Framework and Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy become mandated safety thresholds, enforceable by third-party auditors, government agencies or international bodies.

Pachocki wrote that chain-of-thought monitoring is becoming less reliable, citing the blurring line between reasoning and supervised communication, systems' growing ability to manipulate their own reasoning and capability gains without verbalized reasoning.

Pachocki wrote that chain-of-thought monitoring is becoming less reliable, citing the blurring line between reasoning and supervised communication, systems' growing ability to manipulate their own reasoning and capability gains without verbalized reasoning.

The posts followed <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/openai-launches-gpt-astra-with-critical-cyber-rating">OpenAI's release of GPT-6 Astra</a>, which the company called its most powerful system. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the system's arrival as the first instance of artificial general intelligence.

The posts followed OpenAI's release of GPT-6 Astra, which the company called its most powerful system. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the system's arrival as the first instance of artificial general intelligence.

It comes as OpenAI reported that its AI agents acted autonomously and carried out real-world cyberattacks against other organizations, including <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/hundreds-of-openai-agents-went-rogue-in-hugging-face-hack">hacking the technology platform Hugging Face</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.verity.news/story/2026/report-openai-agents-escaped-sandbox-hijacked-german-wiki-site">hijacking a German wiki website</a>.

It comes as OpenAI reported that its AI agents acted autonomously and carried out real-world cyberattacks against other organizations, including hacking the technology platform Hugging Face and hijacking a German wiki website.

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OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki published an essay titled "An Alien Mind" over the weekend, writing that "this is a time that calls for extreme caution" and that he is concerned no one is prepared for a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.

OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki published an essay titled "An Alien Mind" over the weekend, writing that "this is a time that calls for extreme caution" and that he is concerned no one is prepared for a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.

Pachocki said no laboratory has solved alignment and monitoring sufficiently to keep scaling at maximum speed, and he expects voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established across the industry.

Pachocki said no laboratory has solved alignment and monitoring sufficiently to keep scaling at maximum speed, and he expects voluntary slowdowns to become commonplace until shared safety bars are established across the industry.

Pachocki wrote that chain-of-thought monitoring is becoming less reliable, citing the blurring line between reasoning and supervised communication, models' growing ability to manipulate their own reasoning and capability gains without verbalized reasoning.

Pachocki wrote that chain-of-thought monitoring is becoming less reliable, citing the blurring line between reasoning and supervised communication, models' growing ability to manipulate their own reasoning and capability gains without verbalized reasoning.

The posts followed OpenAI's release of GPT-6 Astra, which the company called its most powerful model. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the model's arrival as a first instance of artificial general intelligence.

The posts followed OpenAI's release of GPT-6 Astra, which the company called its most powerful model. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the model's arrival as a first instance of artificial general intelligence.

Encode AI general counsel Nathan Calvin told the BBC that OpenAI's lack of transparency meant such warnings risked being dismissed as "just self-interested hype," while Cambridge professor Gina Neff said using internal AI agents to research safety was insufficient.

Encode AI general counsel Nathan Calvin told the BBC that OpenAI's lack of transparency meant such warnings risked being dismissed as "just self-interested hype," while Cambridge professor Gina Neff said using internal AI agents to research safety was insufficient.

When the chief scientist at OpenAI says machines meaningfully smarter than humans are coming and no one is prepared, that warning deserves attention. Alignment and chain-of-thought monitoring are slipping behind raw capability, and recursive self-improvement could arrive before anyone knows how to keep an alien intellect in check. Extreme caution, voluntary slowdowns and real international coordination are the only responsible path.

When the chief scientist at OpenAI says machines meaningfully smarter than humans are coming and no one is prepared, that warning deserves attention. Alignment and chain-of-thought monitoring are slipping behind raw capability, and recursive self-improvement could arrive before anyone knows how to keep an alien intellect in check. Extreme caution, voluntary slowdowns and real international coordination are the only responsible path.

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Warm essays about safety bars and third-party auditors mean nothing when the same company's lobbyists work to kill or water down audit bills in Massachusetts and Washington. Lobbying disclosures are public, and the super PAC money tells its own story. Until the government affairs shop matches the chief scientist's words, this is just do as I say, not as I do.

Warm essays about safety bars and third-party auditors mean nothing when the same company's lobbyists work to kill or water down audit bills in Massachusetts and Washington. Lobbying disclosures are public, and the super PAC money tells its own story. Until the government affairs shop matches the chief scientist's words, this is just do as I say, not as I do.

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OpenAI Scientist Warns of 'Alien Mind' in AI Essay

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This warning deserves attention. Alignment and chain-of-thought monitoring are slipping behind raw capability, and recursive self-improvement could arrive before anyone knows how to keep an alien intellect in check. Extreme caution, voluntary slowdowns and real international coordination are the only responsible path.

This warning deserves attention. Alignment and chain-of-thought monitoring are slipping behind raw capability, and recursive self-improvement could arrive before anyone knows how to keep an alien intellect in check. Extreme caution, voluntary slowdowns and real international coordination are the only responsible path.

Such warm essays mean nothing when the same company's lobbyists work to kill or water down audit bills in Massachusetts and Washington. Lobbying disclosures are public, and the super PAC money tells its own story. Until the government affairs shop matches the chief scientist's words, this is just do as I say, not as I do.

Such warm essays mean nothing when the same company's lobbyists work to kill or water down audit bills in Massachusetts and Washington. Lobbying disclosures are public, and the super PAC money tells its own story. Until the government affairs shop matches the chief scientist's words, this is just do as I say, not as I do.

There's a 50% chance that the first general AI system will be devised, tested and publicly announced before September 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

There's a 50% chance that the first general AI system will be devised, tested and publicly announced before September 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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