AI Expert Tells Bernie: AI Could WIPE OUT CIVILIZATION

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · May 1, 2026

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Opening exchange on AI risk

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Chair asked witnesses whether uncontrolled AI could 'escape' and have calamitous impacts; the addressed expert affirmed that was their concern.

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Experts testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions warned that unconstrained development of advanced AI could pose existential risks, with one researcher saying published work implies the probability of catastrophic outcomes may exceed widely cited 10–20% estimates; a remote expert testified there is no proven way yet to keep superintelligence safe.

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