{"data":{"slug":"existential-risk","etype":"concept","name":"Existential Risk (x-risk)","cat":"Safety & Alignment","subtitle":"The argued worst case — and the industry's strangest consensus statement.","summary":"In May 2023, hundreds of researchers and the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepMind signed a one-sentence statement that mitigating extinction risk from AI should be a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war. Positions span Hinton and Bengio (serious risk), Altman and Amodei (risk worth racing carefully through), LeCun (overblown), and 'p(doom)' became dinner-party shorthand. This page reports the debate; the site takes no position.","attrs":null,"kf":null,"aliases":["x-risk","p(doom)","extinction risk"],"ticker":null,"exchange":null,"hq":null,"founded":null,"website":null,"status":null,"region":null,"asof":"2026-01-15","sources":[{"url":"https://safe.ai/work/statement-on-ai-risk","label":"CAIS statement on AI risk"}]},"meta":{"found":true,"count":1,"served_from":"site cache (no live upstream calls)","as_of":"2026-10-14T06:34:17+00:00","disclaimer":"Research and information only — not investment advice. Structured records carry basis labels (vendor spec / reported / estimate); market quotes are delayed/indicative.","attribution":"Records compiled from vendor documentation, official filings and reputable public reporting; market quotes via financial data providers. See /data-sources."}}