GoKawiilPalisade Research releases interviews with AI staff warning of extinction risk
Palisade Research, a nonprofit studying AI capabilities, published a series of video interviews with current and former researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic on a site called frominside.ai. In the videos, figures including Geoffrey Irving and Neel Nanda estimate the odds of AI causing human extinction at roughly 50% and at least 10% respectively, while former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo describes superintelligent AI as potentially 'god-like powerful' and uncontrollable.
GoKawiil's interpretation of the reporting above, not reported fact.
The interviews put named, credentialed insiders on record with specific probability estimates for existential risk, which could lend weight to AI safety concerns beyond vague industry talking points. However, the researchers themselves acknowledge conflicts of interest—being paid by the labs they critique—and offer no unified proposal for what should be done, suggesting the debate remains more about raising alarm than providing solutions.
- Palisade Research compiled a dozen interviews with AI researchers on frominside.ai discussing existential risk.
- Estimates of human extinction risk from AI ranged from roughly 10% to 50% among those interviewed.
- Researchers acknowledged their own conflicts of interest but offered no single agreed solution to the risks they described.
Source: theverge.com — Stevie Bonifield, 2026-09-29
Published there as: “AI researchers put out videos saying superintelligence is ‘exactly as dangerous as it sounds’”
Read the original report → The summary and analysis above are GoKawiil's own, written from reporting by the source above. Facts and quotes belong to the original publisher.