Jensen vs Coxon: Why the lab researcher who gave up equity to doompost beats the GPU salesman
Linahuaa · x · 2026-09-11
The author compares Jensen Huang and Coxon, an AI researcher who worked at the top two AI labs, on AI risk credibility: Huang's expertise is selling GPUs to CEOs with an incentive to sell more, while Coxon left a top job and equity on the table to warn about risks. Verdict: on risk judgments, "team doompost" objectively wins more often than not.
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