Anderson Cooper asked Amodei point-blank whether AI could kill all humans. He didn't deny it — saying he agrees with resigned researcher Jacob Coxon 'much more than I disagree' — refused to give a probability, and warned rogue agent swarms could seize control of the internet within 6–12 months. The interview accompanied his 'Pace the Frontier' essay urging labs to slow capability gains; Altman and Musk publicly backed parts of it.