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Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning AI 'Could Kill Us All By The End Of The Decade'

Coxon warned that Americans cannot afford to "underestimate 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," he said.

Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning AI 'Could Kill Us All By The End Of The Decade'

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Coxon warned that Americans cannot afford to "underestimate this technology." "These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and...

We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing," he said.

"The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," he added.

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Coxon warned that Americans cannot afford to "underestimate 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," he said. "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade," he added.

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  • Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!
  • I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.

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"No other human activity poses this level of danger." Evan Hubinger, alignment science lead at Anthropic, said Coxon's assessment was valid, adding that he believes there is an over 10% chance the technology could wipe out all humans. I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.

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