The AI Apocalypse Alarmists: Who's Right? Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, has quit his job due to concerns that the company is racing towards creating artificial intelligence (A. I.
) systems that could threaten human extinction. This isn't a new worry – people have been fretting about A. I. 's potential dangers since its inception in science fiction.
Coxon's departure has sparked renewed debate over whether the industry is indeed barreling towards Armageddon. As someone who previously worked for OpenAI, Coxon has been vocal about his concerns regarding A. I.