Provenance record

We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-09-10T11:00:23.000Z Original ↗

Discourse valence

-75

Strongly adverse

confidence 70% · 5 items · range -100 to -55

-100

-50

+50

+100

-75

Adverse readingFavourable reading

Consensus of 5 models from different labs. Spread 45 points, agreement moderate.

AGI and timelines Existential and catastrophic risk Loss of control and alignment

Excerpt as ingested

What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt.” As someone who’s reported on AI risk for years, this wasn’t news to me. But the outpouring of alarm suggests a much wider public is properly confronting this ludicrous situation for the first time. Continue reading...

Every model that read this

Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-70	70%	5320ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-10 12:17
GPT-4.1 mini	OpenAI	consensus	-80	80%	4869ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-10 12:18
Claude Sonnet 5	Anthropic	consensus	-55	35%	9482ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-10 12:18
Gemini 2.5 Flash	Google	consensus	-100	85%	2865ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-10 12:18
Mistral Small 3.1 24B	Mistral AI	consensus	-70	80%	6950ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-09-10 12:18

Llama 3.3 70B · reading

Warning of AI killing all by decade end.

evidence: speculative horizon: n/a

GPT-4.1 mini · reading

A former insider warns of existential risk from AI within the decade, alleging irresponsibility by major companies. This suggests serious safety and control issues with AI development potentially threatening human survival. The public alarm indicates growing recognition of these risks, supporting a significant negative implication.

evidence: reported horizon: near capability 80 societal 0 existential 85 economic 0

Claude Sonnet 5 · reading

This is an opinion piece resting on a single anonymous-adjacent insider's quote and the author's own alarm, not on new technical evidence or measured incidents. The implication is extremely negative if true, but the evidentiary basis is thin and speculative, warranting a strongly negative but not extreme score with low-moderate confidence.

evidence: speculative horizon: n/a

Gemini 2.5 Flash · reading

The article reports a former AI researcher's warning that major AI companies are not acting responsibly and that AI could lead to human extinction by the end of the decade. This claim, though presented as a warning, points to an extreme dystopian implication for humanity. The article's alarmist tone reinforces this dire outlook.

evidence: reported horizon: n/a

Mistral Small 3.1 24B · reading

The article reports a dire warning from a former AI researcher about the existential risks of AI. The claim is speculative but comes from a credible source. The public's growing awareness of these risks is noted as a positive development.

evidence: speculative horizon: n/a

Evidence extracted

A former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade

The chain

SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   aa6e7df9-c94b-418b-b19c-3079ae0bd148
           https://theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/ai-control-sci-fi
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EVIDENCE   2 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  5 runs, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -75  (Strongly adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 70%