Ed Zitron: ex-Anthropic researcher's 'quitting AI' warning is hype
firstadopter · x · 2026-09-16
Ed Zitron argues Jacob Coxon's WSJ interview about quitting the AI industry over recursive self-improvement fears relies on anthropomorphizing rhetoric that overstates LLM capabilities, framing it as career-building for AI safety. Investor firstadopter surprisingly agrees.
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