Robots & Artificial IntelligenceAnthropic’s Chief Scientist Says We’re Rapidly Approaching the Moment That Could Doom Us All Posted on January 13, 2026 by Administrator Anthropic’s chief scientist Jared Kaplan is making some grave predictions about humanity’s future with AI. The choice is ours, in his framing. For now, our fates are mostly in our hands, according to Kaplan — unless we decide to pass the proverbial baton to the machines, that is.