[ExI] How long will AI consider humans to be indispensable?

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On Tue, 9 Jun 2026 at 08:09, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> How long will it be before AI can run its own power stations, build it's own data centres, make it's own electronics and maintain the infrastructure of the internet without human help?
> That's how long we have before we become dispensable.
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> Ben
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Anthropic (Claude AI) just called for a global pause in AI development
due to ‘self-improvement’ risk. Human discussions about UBI and how to
manage the social disruption may be too slow. Politicians rarely act
quickly unless they see an immediate threat.
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<https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-says-ai-labs-need-coordinated-plan-halt-development-if-risks-rise-2026-06-04/>
Quotes:
Anthropic urges AI labs to pause development, warns humans risk losing control
By Aditya Soni     June 5, 2026

Summary
Anthropic says AI could soon improve without human intervention
Development pause will allow society to deal with AI's implications,
startup says
Previous attempts to halt AI progress have not been successful

June 5 (Reuters) - Anthropic is calling on major artificial
intelligence labs to consider a coordinated and verifiable pause in
development, warning that rapid advances in the technology could soon
allow AI systems to improve themselves faster than society ‌can manage
the risks.
The Claude creator said AI's ability to complete tasks on its own has
been doubling roughly every four months and it was headed for
"recursive self-improvement", the point at which the technology can
improve without human intervention.
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