A profile of Jaan Tallinn, who led Anthropic's $124M Series A in 2021, has advocated for AI safety for over a decade, and donated ~$170M to safety initiatives (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
One of Anthropic's earliest investors, Jaan Tallinn dances hip-hop and warns about ‘racing to build a technology that could end humanity’
Jaan Tallinn led Anthropic's $124M Series A in 2021 and has advocated for AI safety for over a decade. According to the Wall Street Journal, he has donated approximately $170M to safety initiatives. Tallinn is one of Anthropic's earliest investors and has expressed concerns about the potential dangers of advanced AI systems.
The CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI have recently warned that their own advanced AI systems could endanger humanity and called for regulation and independent testing before release. This warning has been seen as an opportunity for the companies to shape the conversation around AI safety and position themselves as cautious market leaders. Experts, analysts, and former government evaluators believe that the companies are seeking public favor and trying to set the terms for their own safety protocols in the unregulated market.
Anthropic engineer Jacob Coxon recently quit and called for a pause on tech development to prevent "superhuman" systems from eluding their makers' control. While the companies saw his post as an opportunity to highlight their own safety efforts, their aims may not exactly align with Coxon's concerns.
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