AnalysisPolicySeptember 17, 2026

Essay traces AI doomer subculture behind Anthropic safety warnings

Anthropic pretraining researcher Jacob Coxon quit on September 8, 2026, two months before his equity vested; his post drew over 100 million views in a day. Alignment lead Evan Hubinger backed him, putting personal odds of AI killing all humans above one in ten within a decade.

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