Q&A with AI researchers Jacob Coxon, Daniel Kokotajlo, Alex Turner, and others on leaving AI labs, AGI's dangers, planned IPOs, AI safety, oversight, and more (New York Magazine)
Exit interviews with defectors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind. — On September 8, Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic employee …
Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old former researcher at Anthropic, will testify at a New York City hearing on artificial intelligence. According to reports from Bloomberg News, Coxon will appear at the request of New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin. He quit Anthropic last month and issued warnings about the dangers of AI.
Coxon expressed concerns that the people building AI "earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade" and accused his former employer, as well as OpenAI, of "gambling with our lives." The hearing is part of the city lawmakers' efforts to establish safeguards around AI technology.
Coxon is one of several AI researchers who have left labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind. They recently participated in a Q&A session with New York Magazine, discussing their decisions to leave and their concerns about AI safety, oversight, and the planned IPOs of these companies.
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