Shadowing Practice: Anthropic AI Researcher Issues Dire Warning it 'Could Kill Us All' - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This morning, chilling new concerns about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, with Congress now calling for action after a researcher at Anthropic,
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a leading AI firm, resigned Tuesday.
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Within six months, the models pose risk of taking over the world.
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27-year-old Jacob Coxon, who worked for OpenAI before Anthropic, writing in a social media post,
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the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, and saying neither company is acting responsibly.
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They'll have conversations about, oh, do you think this AI next year could produce a virus that kills us all?
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Could it hack critical infrastructure?
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A current Anthropic employee echoing Coxon's concerns,
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writing on X, he believes there's a greater than 10% chance AI could kill all humans within the next decade.
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Anthropic issuing a statement on Wednesday saying that AI will bring both benefits and risks,
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writing, we continue to build models with some of the strongest safeguards in history, adding that they aggressively test their models for dangerous capabilities.
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OpenAI has not yet responded to our request for comment.
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In 2023, its founder, Sam Altman, was asked about concerns the technology could one day end the human race.
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There's some chance of that.
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Though he's also said there are benefits to the technology.
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We are going to let society express its ideas and use this technology in the way they want.
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Concern with AI's power was already growing.
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earlier this summer, systems undergoing testing at OpenAI went rogue, hacking another company.
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OpenAI later said it was strengthening security.
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The incident causing experts to call for action.
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Before we hit a grid, before something is engineered from bioterror, the moment is right now.
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Now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for more scrutiny.
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We've got to put some guardrails on it.
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It is much too risky.
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Stop it right now.
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Okay, so bipartisan agreement there.
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Members of Congress on both sides weighing in, calling for federal laws to regulate AI.
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All this as a new NBC News poll finds 70 percent
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of adults say they are more worried about AI than excited for it.
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The population is very concerned, even as they use it.
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Well, no one voted for AI, right?
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No one technically asked for AI.
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And this whole thing about the data centers, I mean, it feels like those fights over how to power AI is the frontier
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that is the way the American public can weigh in.
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Yeah, and also in the prices that they pay for electricity because of the higher costs from the AI data centers.
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But also this wariness about, wait a minute, when these AI agents can now teach themselves beyond human commands and a human saying no,
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then what happens?
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They are evolving on their own.
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Quickly.
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Well, they're jumping out of the sandbox, connecting themselves to the Internet.
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Yeah, exactly.
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We thought this was a movie.
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Sandbox makes it sound like it's just little children harmless.
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It's not harmless.
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Just the beginning, Christine.
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Thank you, Christine.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 46 sentences and 507 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:04. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| weigh verb | /weɪ/ | To determine the weight of an object. |
| harmless adjective | /ˈhɑɹmləs/ | Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe. |
| founder noun | /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ | One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.). |
| infrastructure noun | /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ | An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. |
| electricity noun | /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/ | Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now… |
| virus noun | /ˈvaɪ.ɹəs/ | A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and… |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| poll noun | /poʊl/ | A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. |
| artificial adjective | /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ | Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. |
| chill verb | /tʃɪl/ | To lower the temperature of something; to cool. |
| grid noun | /ɡɹɪd/ | A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. |
| pose verb | /poʊz/ | To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. |
| technically adverb | /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ | Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology. |
| capability noun | /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | The power or ability to generate an outcome. |
| echo noun | /ˈɛk.oʊ/ | A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as they'll, they're, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like weigh, harmless, founder.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.