“Probably the greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity.” — Sam Altman·“The bad case is, like, lights-out for all of us.” — Sam Altman·“A misaligned superintelligent AGI could cause grievous harm to the world.” — Sam Altman·“There's a 25% chance that things go really, really badly.” — Dario Amodei·“If a model wanted to destroy humanity, we'd have basically no ability to stop it.” — Dario Amodei·“If anyone builds it, everyone dies.” — Eliezer Yudkowsky·“The most likely result of superhuman AI is that everyone on Earth dies.” — Eliezer Yudkowsky·“With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon.” — Elon Musk·“Mark my words, AI is far more dangerous than nukes.” — Elon Musk·“We are a biological boot loader for digital superintelligence.” — Elon Musk·“The development of full AI could spell the end of the human race.” — Stephen Hawking·“It's as if aliens had landed and we didn't notice, because they speak good English.” — Geoffrey Hinton·“A 10 to 20% chance that AI wipes out humanity.” — Geoffrey Hinton·“Humanity may be just a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence.” — Geoffrey Hinton·“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority.” — Center for AI Safety·“A machine could decide that humans are a threat.” — Bill Gates·“If we pursue our current approach, we will eventually lose control over the machines.” — Stuart Russell·“A significant chance to cause human extinction. Is that too much to ask?” — Stuart Russell·“Rogue AI may be dangerous for the whole of humanity.” — Yoshua Bengio·“If we create entities smarter than us, with their own goals, are we in danger?” — Yoshua Bengio·“It keeps me awake at night.” — Yoshua Bengio·“We could cure all diseases, end scarcity, and travel to the stars.” — Demis Hassabis·“The only sensible approach is to proceed with cautious optimism.” — Demis Hassabis·“It would be nice if the future is good for humans as well.” — Ilya Sutskever·“Safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products.” — Jan Leike·“It's my number one risk for this century.” — Shane Legg·“Nobody in the AI labs puts the risk of ending the world below one percent.” — Jaan Tallinn·“No one knows how hard it will be to make AGI share our values.” — Greg Brockman·“We may have to consider pausing, very seriously, within the next five years.” — Mustafa Suleyman·“AI that empowers us rather than disempowers us is possible, but not by default.” — Connor Leahy·“We should have to expect the machines to take control.” — Alan Turing·“The first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention man need ever make.” — I. J. Good·“The day will come when the machines hold the real supremacy over the world.” — Samuel Butler, 1863·“Machines will become smarter than humans. It's a question of when, not if.” — Yann LeCun·“There is potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm.” — The Bletchley Declaration·“We call for a prohibition on superintelligence until it can be built safely.” — Statement on Superintelligence·