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Comment by Elizabeth Barnes
Founder and CEO of METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research); AI safety researcher; previously at OpenAI and DeepMind
We are likely on track to develop AI systems capable of causing human extinction/permanent disempowerment, quite possibly within the next few years.
AI Unverifiable
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(2026)
17h ago
Policy proposals and claims
Verification History
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Quote attributed to Elizabeth Barnes (founder/CEO of METR): "We are likely on track to develop AI systems capable of causing human extinction/permanent disempowerment, quite possibly within the next few years." Year 2026 is recent. Vote "for" on statement "AI poses an existential threat to humanity" aligns correctly with the quote's meaning. The source_url (https://digg.com/ai/qxzdkg7d) returned HTTP 403 Forbidden to WebFetch, and her personal site barnes.page also returned 403, so I could not directly fetch and confirm the source page. However, web search strongly corroborates both the exact wording and the attribution to Barnes (May 2026). Marking ai_unverifiable because the source URL blocks automated fetching, though external corroboration is strong.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 17h ago
replying to Elizabeth Barnes