Anthropic Whistleblower Warns Superintelligence Race Is 'Gambling With Our Lives'
whurley · x · 2026-09-19
A new Dad Saves America episode examines AI doomers and effective altruism culture: Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit last week and became a whistleblower, warning the superintelligence race is "gambling with our lives." Fellow Anthropic researcher Evan Hubinger backed him, putting AI apocalypse odds within a decade above 10%. Anthropic also published a 154-page AI safety report cataloging alarming development risks. The episode explores the company's founding as a safety-conscious OpenAI rival and the EA philosophy shaping its culture.
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