Ex-Anthropic researcher warns AI could 'kill us all by end of decade'
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has resigned, warning that AI companies are racing toward self-improving superintelligence without adequate safety measures. He claims that many industry insiders privately fear the technology could pose an existential threat by the end of the decade.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing internal dissent within top AI labs regarding the pace of development and the potential for catastrophic risks.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has issued a stark warning about the future of artificial intelligence, claiming that people developing advanced AI systems genuinely believe the technology could become capable of killing humanity by the end of the decade.Coxon, 27, announced his resignation from Anthropic in a series of posts on X, saying he had spent the previous three years conducting pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. He accused both companies of moving too quickly toward self-improving artificial intelligence and argued that the risks associated with increasingly autonomous AI systems are not being adequately addressed.“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon wrote.
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in