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Why So Many AI Researchers Think the Machines Could Kill Everyone

A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.

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They do think AI might kill everyone
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A combination of rapid advances, recursive self-improvement, and agentic swarms are genuinely “spooking people” inside big labs.