Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030

'A recent poll shows that the American people overwhelmingly want to ban artificial super intelligence and pause the development of AI until we establish clear safety standards.' 'A recent poll shows that the American people overwhelmingly want to ban artificial super intelligence and pause the development of AI until we establish clear safety standards.' Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become'superhuman systems' that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about the risks of the burgeoning technology. Ted Cruz, a republican senator from Texas, said in an interview on ABC's The View, that AI poses a "catastrophic risk" and that he "read that whole tweet thread that that developer put out. "It reminded me, last year I had Elon Musk on my podcast and one of the questions I asked him, I said, 'OK, what are the odds that AI destroys humanity?'