Luisa Rodriguez on AI poses an existential threat to human…

Luisa Rodriguez

Host at 80,000 Hours; former cause-prioritization researcher at Rethink Priorities and the Future of Humanity Institute.

I should say that it isn’t totally clear that the AIs will try to kill everyone. Maybe once their survival is guaranteed — because they have full control — they simply set about achieving whatever goals they have and use all of the Earth’s resources for their own ends, regardless of what we want. [...] While I think human disempowerment is probably the most likely outcome, I do think extinction is possible. So could they actually do it? Could they cause human extinction?

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Luisa Rodriguez, “How we get from AI cyberattacks to human extinction,” 80,000 Hours, published September 24, 2026; recorded September 18, 2026. Transcript sections “The moment the AIs would turn on us” and “How AI could actually kill everyone.”

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AI Verified Full coverage: AI actor (“the AIs”); existential threat (“try to kill everyone,” “extinction is possible”); humanity-wide scope (“human extinction”). A clear stance is determinable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Luisa Rodriguez says AIs could try to kill everyone and that human extinction is possible; vote author matches the quote author. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Verified against the 80,000 Hours transcript published 2026-09-24: the wording is exact with a faithful [...] omission, and the narrated transcript is attributable to Luisa Rodriguez. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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The main thing giving me hope right now is that the leaders of AI companies are asking for the government’s help to make it possible for them to slow down. [...] So here’s one thing you can actually do. Call your representative. Tell them you support...

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