Former Anthropic researcher warns that Artificial Intelligence ‘could kill us all.’ While that is not biblically possible . . .

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Many see risks with Artificial Intelligence.

Back in 2018, Elon Musk warning of AI danger and the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) put out following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel related to that:

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Artificial Intelligence and Prophecy

Billionaire Elon Musk declared he was worried that artificial intelligence (AI) may lead to the rise of an “immortal dictator,” a “godlike” entity that could take over the world. Is this accurate, or at least, close in some ways? Does Bible prophecy foretell of the rise of an immoral leader who considers himself above all gods? Will this result in great destruction? What is AI? How might it fit in with various prophecies? Was the increase in technological knowledge we now have prophesied over 2000 years ago? Will 666 control over buying and selling involve any form of AI? Dr. Thiel goes over many scriptures, including prophetic ones, that involve human knowledge–which is the basis of AI. He also points out that when various prophesies were made, there was no technology capable of fulfilling them, but that because of computers, such ability exists now. Dr. Thiel also points out what Jesus will do about it.

Here is a link: Artificial Intelligence and Prophecy.

Now in 2026, Elon Musk has basically been suggesting AI will basically solve poverty etc. (see Elon Musk says no need to save for retirement as Artificial Intelligence will create enough mass wealth). But he still has concerns about it (see Elon Musk says his ‘Grok 3’ artificial intelligence program is ‘terrifyingly smart’: Another 666 prelude?).

Notice the following:

September 9, 2026

An artificial intelligence researcher who worked at Anthropic — and previously OpenAI — has resigned, saying both tech giants are “gambling with our lives.”

Jacob Coxon shared his exit in a post on X, warning that the world should “not underestimate the power of this technology.” He added: “These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing.”

Coxon said both Anthropic and OpenAI are “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence,” which refers to a scenario in which AI models can develop a more capable successor of themselves, creating an unstoppable feedback loop. https://www.politico.eu/article/anthropic-openai-researcher-jacob-coxon-warns-ai-could-kill-humans/

September 9, 2026

There is more than a 10% chance that artificial intelligence could “kill all humans,” an Anthropic safety researcher said Tuesday, hours after another employee said he was quitting the company over concerns that AI labs are “gambling with our lives.”

The comments underscore growing concerns among those at the heart of AI development that the technology could get out of control and pose a threat to humanity, even as Anthropic and OpenAI continue to raise large sums of money and head toward expected public listings.

Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, said on Tuesday he resigned from the company. Coxon said neither Anthropic nor OpenAI is acting responsibly.

“They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,” Coxon said in a post on X.

Self-improvement is the idea that AI systems can improve themselves without much human intervention. Recursive self-improvement, as it is often called, is not yet possible, but AI labs are working toward the goal.

“Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing,” Coxon said.

He added that “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”

That comment prompted a response from Evan Hubinger, an alignment science lead at Anthropic, who said that not only was Coxon’s statement “correct,” but also that Anthropic has no plan for this scenario. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-ai-safety.html

Open AI puts out ChatGPT.

This is not the first time people associated with AI have put out warnings. Notice the following:

Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development

June 4, 2026

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic suggested Thursday a global pause on building the most powerful AI systems as the latest models are beginning to show signs they could escape human control.

The San Francisco-based company, which makes the Claude family of AI models, said in a report that a worldwide slowdown in cutting-edge AI development would “likely be a good thing” — but warned that if only one company stopped, rivals would simply race ahead.

“We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology,” it said.

Getting a real pause to work would mean multiple major AI companies in multiple countries — most notably the United States and China — all agreeing to stop at the same time, under rules everyone could actually verify, Anthropic said.

That idea may prove somewhat unpopular with the likes of Elon Musk, as the hotly anticipated stock market debut of his SpaceX company — which owns his artificial intelligence venture xAI — is expected to make him the world’s first trillionaire.

“Without a global coordination mechanism, companies and governments will have to make difficult decisions about safety while under competitive and geopolitical pressures,” Anthropic said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/anthropic-calls-pause-global-ai-223531016.html

Government regulations will NOT stop it from ultimately being used as a way to control and persecute people to fulfill biblical prophecies, such as 666.

Here is a link to our video: Artificial Intelligence Deadly Perils?

Since that video came out, there have been more actual and announced advancements in AI technology.

But, according to Jesus, AI will not kill all humans, as He prophesied:

21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened. (Matthew 24:21-22)

While all humanity will not be killed by AI, the Bible warns about a mark that will be imposed in Europe to buy or sell:

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.  (Revelation 13:15-18)

We are getting closer to that day, with technologies unheard of when God inspired John to warn what would happen–like computers and AI–that the totalitarian Beast of Revelation will be able use to assist his 666 reign as well as enforce the coming ‘famine of the word’ of God.

Last month, the European Union has got Anthropic to agree to adding a watermark:

EU compliance, delivered globally: Anthropic to watermark Claude’s output worldwide

Anthropic will invisibly watermark all of Claude’s text and file output from 2 August to meet EU AI Act transparency rules, with the marking applied globally, whether or not the user is anywhere near Brussels.

Anthropic will begin embedding invisible watermarks into text generated by its Claude large language model and chatbot in a move designed to satisfy new European Union rules on AI transparency.

11 August 2026

“Claude models launched on or after August 2, 2026 support marking at launch. We’re also working to add marking support to Claude models released before that date,” the San Francisco based AI giant said in a statement.

The new marking policy includes all of the services provided by Claude, including its consumer app, the developer-facing Claude Platform (API), Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Claude Tag, as well as versions of Claude accessed through AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry.

The watermark will either be weaved in as “an imperceptible watermark directly into the text itself” or as metadata, so that when “Claude generates a supported file type, such as a .svg, .png, or .jpg, it will attach signed provenance metadata… [that] signals that a file was processed by Claude and lets you detect whether the file has been tampered with.”

Anthropic said the watermark would apply to every region where Claude is offered, not just the EU.  …

The timing traces directly to the EU’s AI Act.

The act requires that AI systems creating synthetic content, such as deepfakes, mark their outputs as artificially generated under Article 50.

Regulators expect providers to rely on a multi-layered marking strategy, combining digitally signed metadata, imperceptible watermarking and, in some cases, fingerprinting or logging as a fallback, since the Code of Practice makes clear that no single marking technique is sufficient on its own.

The transparency obligations under Article 50 took effect on 2 August 2026. https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/08/11/eu-compliance-delivered-globally-anthropic-to-watermark-claudes-output-worldwide

Notice that this mark has already happened!

There are now trackable watermarks on Claude’s output.

Notice that presumably governments outside of the European Union will also be able to track this mark of Anthropic. Presumably this will also happen to other AI platforms.

In the EU’s defense, it is true that there are dangers associated with AI. And it is also true that Anthropic and other AI researchers are aware that AI can cause a lot of unintended damage.

While the watermark of Anthropic is NOT ‘THE mark of the Beast,” it is a mark that looks like it will be used by the 666 Beast.

A lot is happening with AI. And yes, death of some people is likely to happen via AI.

Aspects of AI will be used to support the fulfillment of some biblical prophecies.

But, AI will NOT destroy humanity–though the Beast power will use it.