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Anthropic researcher quits, warning future AI could wipe out humanity, with senior colleagues publicly backing concerns.
A former Anthropic researcher warns that increasingly powerful AI could become uncontrollable without stronger guardrails and regulation.
He went from obscure AI researcher to notable independent AI critic literally overnight.
"Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change," Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue wrote on X.
The development comes days after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon made headlines by resigning from the company and criticizing both Anthropic and rival OpenAI.
“AI developers believe their technology could cause human extinction,” one wrote in a social media post.
Several employees at both labs have publicly backed calls to slow AI development, citing fears of extinction from self-improving systems