The AI apocalypse could be the end of the world. (No, really this time)

"The people building AI earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade."

That's a direct quote from 27-year-old Jacob Coxon. He used to train AI models at Anthropic, one of the world's biggest AI companies, before the existential dread forced him to quit.

Days later, the CEO of Anthropic said autonomous bots could take over the internet within six to 12 months.

AI doomsday? Add it to the list. Climate change. Nuclear war. It feels like there are a tonne of pretty real existential threats we're facing. What happens when the end of days starts to feel a little business as usual?