# Could superintelligent AI become a threat to human survival?

_Last updated: 2026-07-20_  
_Reviewed by: Jason Burns, Editorial Steward_  
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## Short answer

Maybe — many prominent AI researchers, including signatories to statements from the Center for AI Safety in 2023, have publicly said that mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war; other researchers view the risk as speculative or overstated. As Governments of 28 countries and the EU (Bletchley Declaration signatories), put it on the record: "There is potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm, either deliberate or unintentional, stemming from the most significant capabilities of these AI models."

## Sources

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