The resignation of an Anthropic researcher came with a stark warning. Jacob Coxon wrote on X, "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." NYU Professor Emeritus Gary Marcus and Co-host of the "Prof G Markets" podcast Ed Elson join Katy Tur to provide their insight.
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“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” That blunt admission from former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon made waves Tuesday, as the just-quit 27-year-old AI researcher spilled the beans on his way out the door in a resignation thread on X. The concerns are becoming commonplace. A number of AI employees have loudly quit their companies over safety concerns over the past several months and years. Others have publicly voiced worries that the technology is moving too quickly and will one day outpace humans’ ability to control it. 0:10 A message posted by a former Anthropic employee 3:15 Are AI companies trusted to be the adults in the room? 8:45 Anthropic CEO estimates 10-25% chance…
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Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.
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AI researchers shook the world Tuesday when they publicly acknowledged that there's a non-zero chance of AI killing off humanity in the next decade. Why it matters: AI doomsday fears have existed for years, but as the technology has become more powerful and embedded in our lives, those warnings are breaking into the mainstream. State of play: Anthropic researchers are sounding the alarm that rogue versions of superintelligent AI could destroy humanity. - Anthropic's Jacob Coxon wrote on X: "No other human activity poses this level of danger." So how would AI kill us all, exactly? Experts generally worry about two broad paths to catastrophe: humans weaponizing extremely powerful AI, or humans losing control of it. - In these scenarios,…
Jacob Coxen was an AI researcher with Anthropic before he resigned from the company on Tuesday, said that there will soon be "superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources."
An Anthropic researcher is leaving AI, warning it could be out of control by late 2027. OpenAI’s chief scientist is also urging caution, saying no one is prepared for rising machine intelligence.