AI, Coxon and Anthropic
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Jacob Coxon is a 27-year-old British AI researcher who formerly worked for OpenAI and Anthropic, the companies behind ChatGPT and Claude.
"So these AIs are getting smarter, very, very quickly. And in particular, in the next six months to a year, I expect the capabilities of our AI systems to be quite scary."
Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic researcher who also worked at OpenAI, has raised a chilling warning about the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Coxon says AI could soon become “superhuman systems” capable of hacking anything,
Jacob Coxon sparked widespread concern about the pace of AI advancement at leading labs such as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind.
Despite dire warnings coming out about how AI will upend life and society as we know it, even end humanity, insiders say companies are being irresponsible.
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AI researchers are organizing to address existential risks from advanced artificial intelligence. Jacob Coxon, a former researcher, has backed this new coalition of concerned AI staff. This group aims to use internal leverage to influence company decisions on AI development.
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The whole world is going through the craze of artificial intelligence, and it is visible. The AI effect is moving at the speed of light, but the highlight here is the researcher of AI. As the 27-year-old resigns,
However, these concerns are around artificial general intelligence (AGI) rather than normal, specific AI (like self-driving car software).