Anthropic Researcher Quits, Says AI Labs 'Gambling With Our Lives'

An Anthropic researcher thinks AI could kill us all within a decade, I'm worried it won't have to

Preparing for AI harms focuses on protecting your data and habits rather than prepping for a sci fi annihilation.

'Gambling with our lives': AI researcher quits Anthropic

SAN FRANCISCO — An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both U.S. companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement. Jacob Coxon, 27, spent the past three years pretraining AI models, first at OpenAI and then, this year, at its rival Anthropic, which he considered more cautious in its approach. Pretraining is the stage wh…

‘Kill us all’: AI researcher quits company with stark warning

In a series of social media posts, Jacob Coxon said Anthropic and its chief rival OpenAI ‘are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives’.

'Do not underestimate the power of this technology' | Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about AI development

Jacob Coxon, who worked at Anthropic and OpenAI, warned that AI models could soon become superhuman systems and threaten human life.

He Quit a Major Tech Company Because He Thinks It’s Risking Human Extinction. We Should at Least Hear Him Out, Right?

A WHAT percent chance of extinction?!?

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.