"This is an emergency." The world's top mathematicians signed an open letter expressing their "extreme concern" about human extinction this decade. The estimates of a 10% chance of extinction "must not be dismissed as 'hype'." ... "By the time this becomes obvious to the wider public..."

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"By the time this becomes obvious to the wider public it may be too late to act." Source: Fields-medalist Timothy Gowers on X

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1. 2026-09-18 11:49 · r/ArtificialInteligence
   "This is an emergency." The world's top mathematicians signed an open letter expressing their "extreme concern" about human extinction this decade. The estimates of a 10% chance of extinction "must not be dismissed as 'hype'." ... "By the time this becomes obvious to the wider public..."
2. 2026-09-18 11:48 · r/OpenAI
   "This is an emergency." The world's top mathematicians signed an open letter expressing their "extreme concern" about human extinction this decade. The estimates of a 10% chance of extinction "must not be dismissed as 'hype'." ... "By the time this becomes obvious to the wider public..."
3. 2026-09-18 11:41 · r/ChatGPT
   "This is an emergency." The world's top mathematicians signed an open letter expressing their "extreme concern" about human extinction this decade. The estimates of a 10% chance of extinction "must not be dismissed as 'hype'." ... "By the time this becomes obvious to the wider public..."