Anthropic researcher quits, warns AI firms 'gambling with our lives'
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, saying it and OpenAI are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives"; his post drew 143 million impressions in 24 hours. An Anthropic safety researcher put the odds of AI "killing all humans" above 10% within the decade, and the company's own alignment lead co-signed the message.
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How this story unfolded
3 days · 17 reports · 17 community posts · from Sep 9
- Sep 9
Anthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quitscnbc.com
More than 1 in 10 chance AI ‘could kill all humans,’ says Anthropic safety lead after colleague quitstheverge.com
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over AI Fearsbloomberg.com
‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AItechcrunch.com
“It could kill us all”: what Anthropic’s own researchers really think about superintelligencethenewstack.io
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"arstechnica.com
The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’wired.com
- Sep 10
Ex-Anthropic insider tells CNN how AI could kill all humans by 2030youtube.com
Anthropic Researcher Resigns With Warning About the Dangers of AI Developmentsecurityweek.com
- Sep 11
Three Anthropic researchers went public this week saying AI might kill everyone. One of them quit to say it. Nobody seems to know what we're supposed to do with that.
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