“The chance that AI leads to human extinction is 99.9% within the next hundred years. If we create general superintelligences, I don't see a good outcome long term for humanity... The only way to win this game is not to play it.”
Professor of Computer Science and director of the Cyber Security Lab, University of Louisville; AI safety researcher
Said Jun 2, 2024Deadline Dec 31, 2124Lex Fridman Podcast #431, 'Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI' — June 2, 2024
Deadline is a century out. Yampolskiy restated the same position (odds of superintelligence killing all humans in the next hundred years 'over 99%, and there's nothing we can do to stop it') in Info-Tech Research Group's 'Digital Disruption' interview in August 2025.