'Gambling with our lives': AI researcher quits Anthropic
SAN FRANCISCO — An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both U.S. companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement. Jacob Coxon, 27, spent the past three years pretraining AI models, first at OpenAI and then, this year, at its rival Anthropic, which he considered more…
San Francisco - A former artificial intelligence researcher has quit the industry, alleging both OpenAI and Anthropic are recklessly pursuing the development of self-improving AI models. Jacob Coxon, 27, spent three years pretraining AI models at both companies, with Anthropic appearing more cautious in its approach. Pretraining involves AI models ingesting massive quantities of data.
Coxon expressed deep concern on Tuesday, stating that both companies are "gambling with our lives" in their pursuit of superintelligence. He explained that AI safety executives within the companies acknowledge the potentially catastrophic risk, estimating it to be over 10 percent within the next decade.
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