TheZvi: The Anthropic Exit Going Viral Was a Long-Building 'Preference Cascade', Not a Sudden Shift
TheZvi · x · 2026-09-10
Responding to Derek Thompson's puzzlement over why AI-risk narratives break through when they do, TheZvi argues a 'preference cascade' inside OpenAI was already in motion before the Coxon resignation — he'd tracked it in his weekly. Context: the Anthropic quitter's post hit 100M views in 16 hours after years of relentless internal warnings.
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