Researcher Carl Feynman Quits AI, Warns Top Models Are Out of Control
michael_nielsen · x · 2026-08-10
Former AI researcher Carl Feynman stated he stopped doing AI research years ago and tried to talk his friends out of it. He pointed out that current top models are obviously superhuman in many ways and aggressively out of control. He expressed his inability to understand why people continue to extend their capabilities at this point and offered to confidentially share his experience on quitting the field.
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