I Resigned from Anthropic Today
A researcher has resigned from AI company Anthropic, citing concerns that both Anthropic and OpenAI are recklessly racing toward superintelligence. The author argues that the industry is gambling with civilizational safety despite internal fears about the technology's potential risks.
Why it matters
This resignation highlights the growing internal dissent within top-tier AI labs regarding the pace of development and the adequacy of safety protocols.
Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess): "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below." | XCancel
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing.
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