Can AI Destroy Humanity? “Once machine thinking starts, it will outstrip our feeble human powers. We should expect machines to ultimately take control.” — Alan Turing (1951), pioneer of computing. Ten months ago, I wrote The AI Apocalypse Nobody Wants to Talk About. Over the past two years, I have also interviewed Nick Bostrom, author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia, alongside researchers, technologists and AI leaders working at the frontier of this debate. In both, I highlighted the challenges and the opportunities we face with AI. Across all my research and interviews with leading AI makers, creators, and authors, one thing is clear: AI is the biggest shift in human history. But what’s happening now goes a step further. I want to highlight that AI represents the next stage in our species’ evolution. Geoffrey Hinton, one of the pioneers of modern deep learning, has publicly estimated a significant probability that advanced AI could eventually pose an existential threat to hum...