{"id":21606,"date":"2026-09-09T12:50:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21606"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:50:57","slug":"theyre-playing-with-our-lives-ai-researcher-quits-anthropic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21606","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;They&#8217;re playing with our lives&#8217;: AI researcher quits Anthropic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of \u201cplaying with our lives\u201d in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Coxon, 27, spent the past three years pretraining AI models, first at OpenAI and then, this year, at its rival Anthropic, which he considered more cautious in its approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pretraining is the stage where AI models absorb vast quantities of data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives,\u201d Coxon said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,\u201d he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a marketing stunt,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Superintelligence is the theoretical point when AI\u2019s capabilities exceed human intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic safety executive Evan Hubinger backed up Coxon on X. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!\u201d he said, adding that he estimated that risk at more than 10 percent over the next decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hubinger said Anthropic is \u201ctrying its best\u201d, but does not yet have a plan to ensure an AI system that surpasses human capabilities would obey its creators. He said there was a \u201clow\u201d risk of that happening with current models.<\/p>\n<p>Coxon\u2019s resignation comes as Anthropic prepares for its market debut, following a summer marked by unauthorized hacks carried out by AI tools during testing.<\/p>\n<p>The two companies did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>AI leaders say so-called \u201crecursive self-improvement,\u201d a stage where AI systems could essentially design and train the next generation of AI with little human involvement, is drawing near.<\/p>\n<p>Coxon considers Anthropic\u2019s efforts genuine but said he believes no company can responsibly develop an AI that surpasses humans without government intervention or a coordinated slowdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first \u2014 they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In February, Anthropic removed a pledge from its safety charter to halt the development of its models if it failed to control their risks.<\/p>\n<p>It argued that if it unilaterally paused its work, its less cautious rivals would dominate the industry, making it less safe overall.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of July, more than 1,000 tech industry employees, including Anthropic\u2019s CEO Dario Amodei, called on Washington to support a coordinated slowdown in the development of the most advanced AI systems.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI halted training of its latest models for two weeks in August before resuming it under tighter controls.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, OpenAI\u2019s chief scientist, Jakub Pachocki, called for \u201cextreme caution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational coordination on future AI development needs to become a top priority for governments around the world,\u201d he said in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>AI models are not regulated by federal law in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In September, Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Representative Greg Casar introduced a bill seeking to suspend AI development until a federal regulator is created.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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