Ex-Anthropic researcher's exit post hits 170M views as Hubinger admits >10% doom odds
adamamcbride · x · 2026-09-13
A dispute over AI lab safety stances is unfolding:
- On Sep 9, ex-OpenAI/Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation, accusing both labs of "racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives." The thread drew 170M views.
- Anthropic alignment lead Evan Hubinger quote-tweeted: "Jacob is correct here—we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade," noting the company has no plan for superintelligence alignment.
- The poster frames the sequence as an "AI psyop timeline," also citing Bernie Sanders' involvement, and warns of governments and AI labs fusing to control intelligence.
The substance: insiders at a frontier lab openly acknowledging catastrophic risk, read very differently by critics and allies.
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