Will AI Destroy the World?

Recent hacking incidents involving “autonomous agents from Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI” have added to the media frenzy around artificial intelligence (The Guardian, September 8, 2026). Additionally, employees from tech firms increasingly warn that AI could usher in a dire future if it is not constrained. One senior employee from Anthropic—the company behind AI models Claude and Mythos—recently “admitted he believed there was a greater than 10% chance the technology could ‘kill all humans’ in the next decade” (The Guardian, September 9, 2026).

Another researcher, who had previously worked at OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT—recently resigned from Anthropic, warning that “neither company was acting responsibly” and that they were “gambling with our lives.” Former United Kingdom defense secretary Des Browne and Professor Stuart Russell of the University of California at Berkeley have warned that AI could create a catastrophe on the scale of Chernobyl. Still, some others view these warnings as examples of hype or overconcern (The Guardian, September 15, 2026).

Will AI destroy humanity and the world? It may pose real risks to society, and these are likely to increase as AI models advance and computing capacity expands. But end-time Bible prophecy makes clear that mankind, even with the help of advanced technology, will not be allowed to destroy itself (Matthew 24:22). That said, Bible prophecy reveals that humanity, backed by the devil himself, certainly will push humanity to the brink (2 Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 13:4). While some technologies have the potential for devastating consequences, Christ will return before the ultimate devastation can occur. To learn more, be sure to read or listen to Armageddon and Beyond.