We've Been Warned About AI — but Could It Actually Kill Humanity?
The former Anthropic researcher said the company is racing toward self-improving AI and that workers fear the technology could turn on humanity.
- In a Tuesday AMA, former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon detailed his departure, criticizing the company's "consequentialist philosophy" regarding the necessity of pushing research frontiers.
- The race to RSI was largely initiated by Anthropic, according to Coxon, who wrote, "They don't believe it will be possible to negotiate."
- Warning that "you can't afford to go and fix it after the fact," Coxon claimed labs are "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives."
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that AI "has a lot of benefits, but also very serious risks," defending the company's development pace.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Google DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis all expressed agreement with Amodei regarding the necessity of prioritizing frontier AI safety.
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We've been warned about AI — but could it actually kill humanity?
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned over concerns that artificial intelligence could cause human extinction within the next decade — and a slew of warnings have followed. Andrew Chang explains the spectrum of potential dangers posed by the 'intelligence explosion' worrying AI industry employees and experts. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)
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Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon shed more light on why he left the AI giant.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesFormer Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon held an AMA on X.Coxon explained more about why he decided to leave Anthropic.He also poked fun at his short time at the AI giant.Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon detailed his disagreements with the AI giant during a Tuesday AMA on X."If the race is inevitable you should not contribute," Coxon w…
The question is more reserved for science fiction. After the resignation of the researcher of Anthropic Jacob Coxon, who claims that those who develop the AI think sincerely that she could "kill us all before the end of the decade", several researchers from Anthropic, OpenAI and DeepMind say they share this fear. The boss of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, also calls the industry to slow down.
The alert gains strength in the midst of a broader debate in the industry. Dario Amodei, from Anthropic, has already defended a slowdown in the development of AI
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