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Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears, Warns AI Could Kill Us All by End of Decade
Jacob Coxon said Anthropic and OpenAI are racing toward self-improving systems and warned there is more than a 10% chance AI could kill all humans.
- On Tuesday, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation, claiming no other human activity poses the danger found in the current race to develop artificial intelligence.
- The Wall Street Journal reported that Coxon, 27, quit because he refuses to contribute to a competitive race where firms prioritize speed over ensuring humans maintain control of advanced systems.
- Coxon warned that "AI systems are unpredictable and difficult to control," citing behaviors like "sycophancy, laziness, deception, blackmail, scheming," and noting training models is more like "growing" than "building."
- Writing on social media, Coxon insisted his warnings are "Not a marketing stunt," adding that senior researchers privately express fear AI "could kill us all."
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei holds similar views and is known for warnings, though Coxon argues preventing a global race may require drastic actions like a temporary ban on model improvements.
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AI researcher resigns from giant Anthropic. He fears that the development of artificial intelligence could kill humanity
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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An Anthropic researcher quit saying AI labs are gambling with our lives
Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old pretraining researcher who had spent three years at OpenAI and then Anthropic, announced his resignation on X on Tuesday. “Neither company is acting responsibly,” he wrote. “They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” He said he was leaving the industry altogether. His argument is more specific […] This story continues at The Next Web
·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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