Anthropic Researcher Quits, Warning AI Could 'Kill All Humans' — Silicon Valley Shrugs
Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher at Anthropic, resigned this week saying the AI he helped build could destroy humanity. Some colleagues agree; Nvidia's Jensen Huang calls the idea 'complete nonsense.' As Anthropic and OpenAI eye record IPOs, critics accuse the safety warnings of being hype to justify sky-high valuations — or fearmongering to invite regulation that would lock in a duopoly.
Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change. Not saying it's necessarily uninteresting or wrong per se but let's keep things in perspective.