AI Safety Expert Resigns and Warns Against Development Speed

Serdar HocamAuthor & Editor

Jacob Coxon, former safety researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI, has resigned from his position, stating that the artificial intelligence industry is advancing at a dangerous pace.

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Former Anthropic, OpenAI employee sounds alarm over AI development pace

Jacob Coxon, who worked as a safety researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI, resigned from his position at Anthropic due to safety concerns regarding the pace of development of artificial intelligence technologies.

Resignation Driven by Safety Concerns

Jacob Coxon announced that he left his position at Anthropic last week due to concerns over the uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence technologies. Coxon emphasized that both Anthropic and OpenAI are not acting with a sense of responsibility.

AI Race and Existential Risks

The former safety researcher stated that companies are engaged in a race toward self-improving superintelligence in a way that endangers human lives. He expressed that insiders within the industry believe serious existential risks could emerge by the end of the decade.

Support for the Call to Slow Down

Coxon stated that he supports the call by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow down the artificial intelligence development process. He noted that this step is an important development to ensure a necessary deceleration among entities developing different artificial intelligences.