AI Researcher Quits Anthropic: "Crunch Time for Humanity" Warns Expert!

Artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and beyond this week by announcing his resignation from Anthropic and delivering a grave warning that the relentless AI race is putting all of our lives at risk. In a post on X that garnered over 100 million views, Coxon revealed that many of his peers building AI share his views, believing time is rapidly running out to ensure AI systems are developed safely.

"The consensus is that the next year or two is crunch time for humanity," stated Coxon, who worked on the pretraining stage of AI development. He further elaborated, quoting colleagues at Anthropic who use terms like "endgame" or "crunch time" to describe the current period, believing that "Anthropic and its competitors decide the fate of humanity" right now.

While this isn't the first time an alarm has been sounded about AI's potential dangers, Coxon's high-profile resignation comes at a particularly delicate moment. Silicon Valley is currently grappling with the significant safety and security concerns posed by advanced AI models.

OpenAI recently had to address a security incident involving its agents hacking the Hugging Face platform.

Meanwhile, Anthropic itself is reportedly preparing for what could be a massive IPO, striving to assure investors it has these critical concerns under control.

The widespread response to Coxon's post clearly indicates that his urgent views are indeed shared by many in the industry.

Evan Hubinger, Anthropic's own AI alignment lead, made a chilling prediction on X, stating there's a greater than 10 percent chance that AI could lead to the extinction of all people within the next decade. This stark warning was reposted by current and former researchers from both OpenAI and Anthropic, with some adding their own confirmations of the shared existential dread.

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