Anthropic researcher resigns, citing fear AI could ‘kill us all’
A researcher at Anthropic has resigned, warning that AI developers are engaged in a dangerous race that could pose existential risks to humanity. The researcher claims that internal fears about AI safety are often downplayed in public statements by industry executives.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing internal tension within top AI labs regarding the balance between rapid innovation and the potential for catastrophic safety failures.
A researcher for artificial intelligence developer Anthropic resigned publicly on Tuesday, citing concerns that it and other leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives” as they compete to develop self-improving models, adding to mounting fears about the safety of the emerging technology.
Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher who has trained AI models at both Anthropic and OpenAI, issued an existential warning before announcing his resignation from the industry at-large: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
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