UW professor: AI extinction unlikely

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warned AI could threaten humanity this decade, but UW adjunct professor Chirag Shah calls human extinction unlikely. Shah says nearer-term risks are biased hiring algorithms, unmonitored agentic AI behavior, and erosion of critical thinking and education, and notes the US–China AI race discourages slowing development.

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