Otto Barten outlines how a superintelligent AI could take over the world
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Physicist Otto Barten, director of the Existential Risk Observatory, examines how a superintelligent AI could take over the world, according to a South China Morning Post report dated 15 October 2026.
The report cites Jacob Coxon, a researcher who recently resigned from Anthropic, and other AI voices who put the chance of humanity being ended by superintelligent AI at up to 50 per cent. The report does not describe the specific takeover pathways Barten lays out, and it gives no independent evidence for the probability estimates, which are attributed to the individuals quoted.
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AIPhysicist Otto Barten, director of the Existential Risk Observatory, examines how a superintelligent AI could take over the world. He cites Jacob Coxon, a researcher who recently resigned from Anthropic, and other AI voices who put the chance of humanity being ended by superintelligent AI at up to 50 per cent.
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