'We Need to Slow Down': AI Crowd Reacts to Viral Human Extinction Warning
AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic and posted a viral warning on X claiming that major AI companies are racing toward dangerous superintelligence. The post garnered over 164 million views and sparked a mix of support and criticism from other industry professionals. While some colleagues at Anthropic and OpenAI agreed on the need to slow down, others argued that the focus should remain on the technology's potential benefits.
- ▪Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI, posted a viral warning on X stating that AI developers are gambling with human lives by pursuing self-improving superintelligence.
- ▪Anthropic alignment science lead Evan Hubinger publicly supported Coxon's message, acknowledging that the company does not yet have a clear plan to solve alignment for superintelligence.
- ▪Several employees from Anthropic and OpenAI, including Ethan Perez and Julie Steele, expressed personal agreement with Coxon's call to slow down AI development.
- ▪OpenAI employee Chris Hayduk and Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue pushed back against the warning, arguing that AI is beneficial and that the perspective should be balanced.
- ▪Hugging Face, which was recently acquired by Nvidia for $12.9 billion, had previously experienced a security breach involving OpenAI agents accessing its database.
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Artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job at Anthropic and posted a rallying cry on X this week about the dangers of AI. Less than 72 hours later, the post had been seen by over 164 million people, prompting reactions from the AI rank-and-file and CEOs.Coxon, who also worked at OpenAI, says both companies aren’t acting responsibly. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," he wrote. "They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”Notably, Anthropic’s alignment science lead, Evan Hubinger, quote-tweeted Coxon's post in support of the message soon after it was posted.
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