Anthropic Employees Warn AI Could Kill All Humans as Firm Eyes $2.5T IPO
scaling01 · x · 2026-09-09
Current and former Anthropic employees are publicly posting that they "earnestly believe AI could kill all humans," even as the company's upcoming IPO is expected to value it at $2.5 trillion.
Commentator scaling01 mocks the disconnect, predicting the valuation will be quoted at $3T by the time the IPO actually happens, and blasts what he calls a "permanent underclass" dynamic — dire safety warnings coexisting with massive wealth creation.
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