Trump Says AI Will Not Cause Human Extinction as OpenAI and Anthropic Researchers Warn of Danger

TLDR

• President Trump said he has “no concerns” about AI causing human extinction, focusing instead on beating China in the AI race
• Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit Tuesday, saying labs are “gambling with our lives”
• OpenAI alignment researcher Jasmine Wang warned it is “hard to overstate how dangerous speeding towards RSI is”
• OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki said he fears “no one is prepared” for rapid machine intelligence growth
• Two new bills in Congress aim to increase AI oversight, including one that would temporarily pause advanced AI development

President Trump says he has no worries about artificial intelligence wiping out humanity. His comments came just as a growing number of insiders at two of the world’s top AI labs went public with serious safety concerns.

When asked Thursday whether AI could lead to human extinction, Trump replied simply: “No, I don’t have any.”

The president said his main concern is winning the AI race against China. “I have concerns that if we don’t win AI, we’re going to be put in a very bad position,” he told reporters. He added that he believes the U.S. is currently ahead of China by about a year.

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