Jacob Coxon
An AI researcher who previously worked at Anthropic and OpenAI.
Notable Quotes
"Neither company is acting responsibly."View Story →
"Neither company is acting responsibly."View Story →
"they are 'gambling with our lives', he said, 'these will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything'."View Story →
"I believe that if we don't slow down at the current rate of progress, there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future."View Story →
"staff who were developing the systems were 'genuinely frightened' for the future of humanity."View Story →
"staff who were developing the systems were 'genuinely frightened' for the future of humanity."View Story →
"he and other staff were 'genuinely frightened' about the speed of advancements and what it could mean for humanity."View Story →
"the people working on the technology were genuinely frightened about the speed of its advancements and what it could mean for humanity."View Story →
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