Anthropic Researcher Warns AI Could End Humanity
🐿️ The Squirrel's Take
When a safety researcher from a leading AI company publicly bets against his own employer's safeguards, the industry should stop and listen.
💡 Why it matters
If even insiders believe current safety measures are likely to fail, the unchecked race toward advanced AI may be gambling with human survival.
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that self-improving AI has a more than 10% chance of causing human extinction. He called for pacing agreements between labs to slow development.
📡 Where we spotted it (3)
BBC News
Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
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Ars Technica
Anthropic researcher quits with a warning: Self-improving AI could "kill us all"
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TechCrunch
‘Gambling with our lives’: Anthropic researcher quits, warns against self-improving AI
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