{"id":8526,"date":"2026-09-10T08:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8526"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:07:23","slug":"anthropic-researcher-jacob-coxon-who-quit-ai-role-over-fears-of-racing-into-extinction-says-people-are-begging-for-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8526","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon who quit AI role over fears of racing into extinction says people are ‘begging’ for regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Anthropic researcher who is leaving the company over fears the technology is gambling with human life told\u00a0Fox News\u00a0there is hope that we can avoid the chance it could destroy humankind within the next decade.<\/p>\n

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Speaking exclusively Wednesday on \u201cSpecial Report,\u201d Jacob Coxon, 27, said regulation is key.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0posted his resignation\u00a0Tuesday on X, writing that companies are not acting responsibly and that the race toward self-improving superintelligence is \u201cgambling with our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coxon, who said he spent the past three years doing pretraining research at OpenAI and Anthropic, noted that it\u2019s not a completely hopeless scenario.<\/p>\n

He told Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier the problem is \u201ceminently solvable.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Evan Hubinger, alignment science lead at Anthropic, expressed his agreement with Coxon\u2019s X post.<\/p>\n

\u201cJacob is correct here \u2014 we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!\u201d he wrote on X. <\/p>\n

\u201cI personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be clear, as we say in our latest Risk Report, I think the risk from present models is low,\u201d Hubinger added. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I am worried about is superintelligence arising from recursive self-improvement, as we have said is happening faster than we thought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coxon said he agrees with Hubinger that right now, the threat is \u201cminimal\u201d of\u00a0artificial intelligence\u2019s actual takeover.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut recursive self-improvement \u2014 this AIs making themselves smarter \u2014 could happen as soon as next year,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

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\u201cSome people even say six months. So this attitude is shared across the industry, where people essentially are aware that the work they are currently doing, if we don\u2019t slow down, could lead to AI takeover by the end of the decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes there is \u201cdefinitely\u201d something the country can do to change the dynamic of the \u201cgreater than 10% chance\u201d that AI kills all humans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the problem is not unsolvable, it\u2019s not like we think this is some impossible thing \u2014 it\u2019s just, we\u2019re racing so fast, we haven\u2019t got time to solve it correctly, we\u2019re not being careful, and everyone wants to be careful,\u201d Coxon said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just \u2014 people are begging for regulation. I think it\u2019s just a matter of \u2014 international \u2014 somebody stepping in and being able to ensure that we don\u2019t race ourselves into extinction. The problem is eminently solvable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The technology is being used on the international stage as a \u201csuperweapon\u201d in an arms race, Coxon said, calling for the global community to provide oversight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is possibly the most dangerous technology that humanity has ever created,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s basically out of science fiction. I think we have no other choice but to cooperate internationally because an arms race would be disastrous in a way that no other human activity has been in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coxon mentioned that a number of technology leaders have publicly expressed the need for a slow-down agreement, but people are not yet taking them seriously.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not just a marketing stunt,\u201d he said. \u201cThese people are deadly serious that they think their industry needs to be regulated as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for AI\u2019s benefits, Coxon said we are \u201con the doorstep of tremendous discoveries,\u201d but we\u2019re running in too quickly. He emphasized the need for moderation.<\/p>\n

Baier asked Coxon if the issue could be figured out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think definitely. I think if we actually try instead of submitting to the inevitability of a doomed race or a hubristic gamble, then we can solve it,\u201d he said. \u201cThe problem is not unsolvable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital reached out to Anthropic for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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