Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic researcher quits over 'reckless' superintelligence race, dissenters invoke Y2K
geoffwolfe · x · 2026-09-10
A researcher who spent three years on pretraining at both OpenAI and Anthropic resigned from Anthropic, accusing both labs of 'racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.' A widely shared rebuttal compares AI doomerism to Y2K panic: 'Doomerism is another form of extremism. Be vigilant but don't overcorrect.'
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