Ex-Anthropic staff more worried about AI extinction risk, Reddit post blasts OpenAI's ChatGPT launch
Living-Plastic-1884 · reddit · 2026-09-11
A Reddit post argues former Anthropic and other tech employees show greater concern about AI-caused human extinction within the next decade. It blames Sam Altman's team for launching ChatGPT recklessly without guardrails, prioritizing profit and growth, and says this adoption race pushed figures like Geoffrey Hinton to warn publicly. Unattributed community opinion, not sourced data.
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