Viral Jane Street quant interview skewers Anthropic's 5% doom estimate
matt_slotnick · x · 2026-09-12
A viral AI-circle skit imagines a Jane Street quant grilling an Anthropic interviewer: if the safety team prices a 5% chance of irreversible loss of control, who set that number? With no capabilities-side counterparty and no market making, "you don't have a five." His fix: put safety and capabilities teams in a room, let safety buy and capabilities sell at 5, size up until someone gets uncomfortable — that's price discovery for risk, which Anthropic currently lacks.
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