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AI doom threats obscure the reality of our hacky computer systems

Another artificial intelligence (AI) researcher has quit, making headlines in the process by saying there is some chance, and that any chance is too high, that the technology will bury us. Jacob Coxon, a British engineer quit Anthropic, saying self-improving superintelligence is a genuine fear among his former peers.

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Another artificial intelligence (AI) researcher has quit, making headlines in the process by saying there is some chance, and that any chance is too high, that the technology will bury us.

Jacob Coxon, a British engineer quit Anthropic, saying self-improving superintelligence is a genuine fear among his former peers.

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Another artificial intelligence (AI) researcher has quit, making headlines in the process by saying there is some chance, and that any chance is too high, that the technology will bury us. Jacob Coxon, a British engineer quit Anthropic, saying self-improving superintelligence is a genuine fear among his former peers. "The people building AI earnestly believe […] ie.

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