Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review exec…
Employees at the world’s leading AI labs are saying there’s a real possibility that advanced AI could destroy humanity. Are they right? Or is this more scaremongering and hype? Join MIT Technology Review executive editor Niall Firth for a conversation with senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven and AI reporter Grace Huckins unpacking AI extinction fears: where they come from, whether they hold any water, and, if so, what we should do.
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Going live on Tuesday, September 15 at 16:00 BST / 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST
Speakers: Niall Firth, executive editor, Will Douglas Heaven, senior AI editor, and Grace Huckins, AI reporter
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Source: MIT Technology Review
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- Wire dispatch directly ingested from MIT Technology Review.
- Published at Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:05.
- Source URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/11/1143936/roundtables-will-ai-really-kill-us-all/