Anthropic researcher: I'd burn all my equity for 1% better odds humanity survives advanced AI
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-10
An Anthropic employee (@MaskedTorah) publicly said he would "burn my equity to the ground" for just a 1% higher chance humanity survives advanced AI, expecting many industry colleagues would do the same. Responding to skepticism that safety talk is marketing, he insisted: "we are actually just fucking scared, it's not galaxy brained marketing."
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