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How can AI kill us all? Eight existential risk scenarios with Prof. Geoffrey Hinton

Hosted by Existential Risk Observatory

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The gathering

What to look forward to

The Existential Risk Observatory will present eight research-backed scenarios for how advanced AI could threaten human survival, developed with MIT FutureTech and the Future of Life Institute. Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton will give the keynote, with perspectives from researchers and leaders at Redwood Research, the AI Futures Project, MIRI, and the Observatory.

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Inside the event

When Jacob Coxon recently quit Anthropic, he tweeted: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."

How would this happen? How would AI cause human extinction? At the Existential Risk Observatory, we have done research into this question, together with MIT FutureTech and the Future of Life Institute. We arrived at eight AI existential risk scenarios. We will present them to you at our event.

Our speakers are

Keynote + Q&A

*Prof. Geoffrey Hinton* is Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on artificial neural networks.

Risk scenarios introduction

*Hugo Save* is Researcher at the Existential Risk Observatory and lead author of our risk scenario work.

Panel

  • *Buck Shlegeris* is CEO at Redwood Research.
  • *Daniel Kokotajlo* leads the AI Futures Project, which originated the AI 2027 and AI 2040 scenarios. He formerly worked at OpenAI.
  • *Malo Bourgon* is CEO at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI).

Closing

*Otto Barten* is Director of the Existential Risk Observatory

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

The Commonwealth Club

The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. Confirm the venue with the organizer before traveling.

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Last checked: Nov 7, 2026. Confirm current availability before making plans.

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