Former Google engineer Nate Soares says he stopped saving for retirement, citing over 50% chance AI wipes out humanity in a decade
Former Google and Microsoft engineer Nate Soares, now a researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, said on a recent podcast that he has not contributed to his retirement savings for a decade because he believes there is a greater than 50% chance that superhuman AI will cause human extinction within ten years if minimal preventative actions are taken. Soares, author of the book…
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- Soares estimates over 50% chance of human extinction from AI within ten years
- He has not contributed to retirement savings for a decade
- He argues governments should treat rogue AI risk on par with nuclear weapons
A former Google engineer is so sure AI will destroy humanity he’s stopped saving for retirement
finance.yahoo.com · 29 October 2026
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