Jacob Coxon Says AI Could Kill Us All, But Is His Viral Warning A Political Setup? | #WeirdDarkNEWS

A 27-year-old who spent three years building AI at two of the industry's leading labs quit on a Tuesday and said the people he'd worked beside privately expect the technology could wipe us out within the decade. The man in charge of keeping Anthropic's AI in line replied in public that he was right about the fear. But how frightened should we really be?

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