Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
Recent dramatic warnings from AI insiders about existential risks have met with significant skepticism from many Silicon Valley executives and investors. Critics suggest these stark statements may be strategic marketing tactics to boost valuations ahead of potential initial public offerings rather than genuine safety concerns. Prominent figures like Nvidia's Jensen Huang have dismissed the claims as nonsense, reflecting a growing divide within the tech industry over the severity of AI threats.
- ▪Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that AI systems could destroy humanity and hack anything.
- ▪Grindr CEO George Arison criticized the warnings as indicative of an anti-civilisational worldview and instructed engineers to stop using Anthropic's technology.
- ▪Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed the existential risk claims as complete nonsense during a Goldman Sachs conference.
- ▪Anthropic was valued at $965 billion in its most recent fundraising round earlier this year.
- ▪Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing AI development and global regulation while acknowledging serious risks.
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Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon ValleyImage source, ReutersByLily JamaliNorth America Technology correspondent in San FranciscoPublished1 minute agoEach September, a who's who of executives from across Silicon Valley descends on San Francisco's Palace Hotel to charm investors at a conference hosted by the investment bank Goldman Sachs.This past week, between talk of growth and potential returns, tech titans found themselves addressing the abrupt resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon.Coxon, a 27-year-old who worked at OpenAI before joining its chief rival Anthropic, said on Tuesday that people building artificial intelligence (AI) believed the technology could destroy humanity.
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