There is still time to reset the AI Doomsday Clock
There is still time to reset the AI Doomsday ClockAudrey TangSep 15, 20262425ShareA warning has gone viral. In early September, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who just resigned from Anthropic, said: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”Claims such as these sound exciting, but they are hardly new in AI circles. What gave this one traction, was who spoke next — those carrying out safety research inside the labs.
- ▪There is still time to reset the AI Doomsday ClockAudrey TangSep 15, 20262425ShareA warning has gone viral.
- ▪In early September, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who just resigned from Anthropic, said: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”Claims such as these sound exciting, but they are hardly new
- ▪What gave this one traction, was who spoke next — those carrying out safety research inside the labs.
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There is still time to reset the AI Doomsday ClockAudrey TangSep 15, 20262425ShareA warning has gone viral. In early September, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who just resigned from Anthropic, said: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”Claims such as these sound exciting, but they are hardly new in AI circles. What gave this one traction, was who spoke next — those carrying out safety research inside the labs. Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger was blunt: “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans,” he said, adding that the odds stood at more than 10 percent within the next decade.For me, people like Coxon and Hubinger are not names, they are friends.
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