Jacob Coxon
A British AI safety researcher who has conducted pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic. He has attracted widespread attention for publicly warning that superintelligence poses existential risks to humanity.
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Former OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon described to Time magazine an atmosphere of 'fatalism' and 'near resignation' pervading the lab's interior, with researchers trying their best to make their work as safe as possible even while believing internally that there is a considerable probability the whole thing will spiral out of control.
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation and criticized OpenAI and Anthropic for advancing superintelligence in an irresponsible manner.
Former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon posted on social media accusing both OpenAI and Anthropic of "gambling with all of our lives"
Jacob Coxon worked on pretraining at OpenAI for approximately three years and then briefly at Anthropic for approximately three months
Jacob Coxon is a former pre-training researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic, and he publicly announced his resignation from Anthropic.
Jacob Coxon's resignation announcement tweet received approximately 800,000 likes, 200,000 retweets, and over 172 million impressions.
18 minutes before Coxon posted his resignation tweet, The Wall Street Journal had already published an article quoting him.
Coxon stated on a live television broadcast that his resignation process involved no cooperation with any third party, but Wall Street Journal reporting shows he had been in contact with the policy director of an anti-AI policy organization before his resignation.
AI researcher Jacob Coxon posted a tweet claiming that the people building AI sincerely believe it could kill everyone within a decade, and the tweet received nearly 200 million views.
Coxon outlined two pathways through which AI could bring about destruction: infiltrating critical infrastructure and creating extinction-level biological weapons.
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Former OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon described to Time magazine an atmosphere of 'fatalism' and 'near resignation' pervading the lab's interior, with researchers trying their best to make their work as safe as possible even while believing internally that there is a considerable probability the whole thing will spiral out of control.
50%UnverifiedJacob Coxon worked on pretraining at OpenAI for approximately three years and then briefly at Anthropic for approximately three months
50%UnverifiedCoxon stated on a live television broadcast that his resignation process involved no cooperation with any third party, but Wall Street Journal reporting shows he had been in contact with the policy director of an anti-AI policy organization before his resignation.
50%UnverifiedCantrill pointed out that Coxon is neither an expert in critical infrastructure, nor in bioweapons, nor in extinction biology.
50%UnverifiedAnthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation and criticized OpenAI and Anthropic for advancing superintelligence in an irresponsible manner.
50%UnverifiedFormer OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon posted on social media accusing both OpenAI and Anthropic of "gambling with all of our lives"
50%UnverifiedJacob Coxon is a former pre-training researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic, and he publicly announced his resignation from Anthropic.
50%UnverifiedFormer Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon confirmed on social media that many researchers inside Anthropic believe AI could cause the extinction of all humans within a decade.
50%UnverifiedCoxon outlined two pathways through which AI could bring about destruction: infiltrating critical infrastructure and creating extinction-level biological weapons.
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