Exec quits over industrywide rush to build self-improving AI, citing humanity-ending risk
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-09
According to the Wall Street Journal, Coxon is leaving his company because he "doesn't want to participate in an industrywide rush to build AI systems that can improve themselves," worried such systems could spiral out of control and destroy humanity. Another public case of AI safety concerns driving personal career decisions.
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