Reddit user claims Dario Amodei's doomsday rhetoric was a staged propaganda op, citing timeline
Random-Number-1144 · reddit · 2026-09-15
A Reddit post alleges Anthropic's recent wave of AI-doom messaging was a coordinated PR operation. The author lays out a suspicious timeline: Jacob Coxon created a dormant X account in January, got a blue check in August, and posted doomsday tweets in early September that racked up hundreds of millions of views; WSJ published its "Anthropic Researcher Quits Over 'Out-of-Control' AI Fears" story just 8 minutes before Coxon's post; within 24 hours Coxon appeared on NBC, CBS, CNN and more, and multiple Anthropic researchers posted near-identical "we are scared" tweets. The author argues none of the messaging offers concrete arguments for why AI doom is unavoidable, and hints Anthropic may have compensated Coxon. Note: this is an unverified, conspiracy-flavored accusation.
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