Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
BBC News ● Covered by 27 sources
Silicon Valley executives and investors at a Goldman Sachs conference questioned Jacob Coxon’s claims that AI builders expect it could destroy humanity, after Coxon resigned from Anthropic following work at OpenAI. Coxon, a 27-year-old, said he believed “superhuman systems” could hack anything and implied a near-term existential threat, prompting skepticism alongside debate about Anthropic’s safety messaging. The pushback shifts the conversation toward profitability and regulation debates—covering proposals to slow advanced model development and accusations of hype versus genuine safety concern.
Why it matters
A recent spate of stark warnings about the dangers of AI has been met with scepticism by executives and investors.
