Ex-Anthropic researcher explains his public split: the race to RSI wasn't inevitable
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-16
Safety researcher Nathan Calvin pushes back on conflating Jacob's views with Anthropic's official stance, noting Jacob publicly quit over major disagreements.
Jacob lays out the core disputes:
- The central disagreement is over the inevitability of a race; he argues leadership is too paranoid about China and the US government and doesn't believe negotiation is possible
- He claims Anthropic largely initiated the recent race to RSI, forcing OpenAI to shed dead weight like Sora
- Even granting the race is inevitable, he rejects their consequentialist philosophy: "If the race is inevitable you should not contribute."
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