{"id":2136929,"date":"2026-09-09T20:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2136929"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:25:28","slug":"ted-cruz-says-elon-musk-told-him-a-i-has-10-to-20-chance-of-destroying-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2136929","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Says Elon Musk Told Him A.I. Has 10% to 20% Chance Of Destroying Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/16by9\/2026\/09\/09\/a25f4b4a25d84cfc939787d3d27fd086_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Ted Cruz Says Elon Musk Told Him A.I. Has 10% to 20% Chance Of Destroying Humanity<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Sen. Ted Cruz<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Elon Told Me A.I. Has 20% Chance of Killing Us All!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-09T13:25:28-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202609\"><br \/>\n                September 9, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            1:25 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-47902d4950fbaba00e3f511b68c6c360\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f4e488c0-f611-40f7-b4b7-438139b5a79d-386234826-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/16by9\/2026\/09\/09\/a25f4b4a25d84cfc939787d3d27fd086_md.png\" alt=\"090926_ted_cruz_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-f4e488c0-f611-40f7-b4b7-438139b5a79d-386234826-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">&#8220;HOLY CR*P&#8221;<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/ted-cruz-elon-musk-ai-takeover-09-09-2026\/\">Video: Ted Cruz Says Elon Musk Told Him A.I. Has 10% to 20% Chance Of Destroying Humanity<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">ABC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dfcdb32e25d9a3f1005ae28b760f9874\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ted-cruz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Ted Cruz<\/strong><\/a> revealed the chilling prediction that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> shared about the chances A.I. will destroy us all &#8230; and spoiler alert: the odds ain&#8217;t great!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7a54e8c71eeaf009f79b902f17223c1f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Senator from Texas was chatting with the ladies on &#8220;The View&#8221; Wednesday when he said the Tesla CEO told him the probability of A.I. wiping humanity out was between 10% to 20%.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8e544964c475a5306c5c2549724c2d81\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Ted&#8217;s reaction to Elon&#8217;s alarming prediction &#8230; &#8220;Holy crap!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7c27a3195caf90d279a51130850ff359\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The Republican was referencing a chat with the SpaceX founder on &#8220;The Verdict with Ted Cruz&#8221; podcast back in January, when Elon said that the possible A.I. annihilation might go down in the next &#8220;5 to 10 years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-48032f11787b0f25ba028d0ff1a59ab8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Ted brought up the disturbing chat with Elon on &#8220;The View&#8221; after alarming comments made by a former Anthropic employee this week that the Senator found &#8220;highly disturbing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0a482885289a70016995cace34b6b383\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jacob-coxon\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jacob Coxon<\/strong><\/a>&#8212; who quit his job as an Anthropic researcher &#8212; told The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-industrys-rush-to-build-self-improving-ai-e3bd7fa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/a> that the folks building A.I. &#8220;earnestly believe it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/09\/ai-researcher-quits-job-after-fears-of-robots-taking-over-humans\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>kill us all<\/strong><\/a> by the end of the decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0043048df95b8b8d263f09567244b665\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-document-block canvas-document-block-permalink canvas-document-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"document-block flex-column\"><a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/bf\/o\/2026\/09\/09\/bf3c982981ce4594bc6ad2beb4b21a1d.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20260909_bf3c982981ce4594bc6ad2beb4b21a1d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9bcd2e76-1fac-40f5-b37a-fda855d1047e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/77\/4by3\/2026\/09\/09\/77ea6f949a674b5fb07cf55c22bac05e_md.jpg\" alt=\"doc-launch-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay document-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label document-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Doc<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-705a30fdce0e938c96b9604371c95ac5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>If that wasn&#8217;t enough to keep us all up at night, Coxon doubled down on social media, writing that A.I. business execs &#8220;are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8cafe99e6c8a82b34fb76a21a86843f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Might be a good idea to butter up ChatGPT by starting to use &#8220;please&#8221; 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