Anthropic researcher Drake Thomas: I'd burn my equity for a 1% better chance humanity survives advanced AI
Polymarket · x · 2026-09-10
Anthropic researcher Drake Thomas said he would "burn his equity to the ground" in exchange for just a 1% greater chance that humanity survives advanced AI. The remark, flagged by Polymarket, circulated widely as a striking example of how strongly safety-motivated researchers at frontier labs say they value existential risk reduction over personal upside.
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