WSJ: Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Jacob Coxon said AI systems are unpredictable and warned that a global race could require a temporary ban on improving model capabilities.
- 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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Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Says AI Race Is “Gambling With Our Lives”
NEW YORK (VINnews) – A researcher who spent the past three years working on artificial intelligence pretraining at OpenAI and Anthropic has resigned, saying he believes both companies are moving too quickly toward increasingly autonomous and self-improving AI systems. I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both […]
Jacob Coxon, 27, announced on Tuesday on X his departure from Anthropic and the artificial intelligence industry. He believes that no company can develop these systems responsibly without state intervention.
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned after three years of pretraining work at Anthropic and OpenAI, warning that both companies are racing toward self-improving AI without adequate safeguards. Coxon said the industry is approaching an AI 'endgame' and claimed people building advanced systems believe they could 'kill us all' by the end of the decade. 📲 Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Resigns, Warns AI Race Is Entering the ‘Endgame’ and…
An Anthropic employee feared the end of the world because of AI and left the industry, The Wall Street Journal reports
Researcher Jacob Coxon believes that the race among technology corporations is bringing the world closer to a "point of no return" and could lead to an apocalyptic scenario as early as the end of 2027. He refused to create self-improving AI models out...
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