(CNN) – AI safety concerns among workers in that field are becoming more commonplace.
Two days ago, the chief scientist for OpenAI warned that AI capabilities are advancing faster than researchers’ ability to reliably monitor and control them.
And now, another Anthropic employee has quit.
Former researcher Jacob Coxon posted to social media about his resignation.
“The people building AI earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” the 27-year-old said.
Coxon’s post gained attention after a more senior Anthropic employee, Evan Hubinger, commented that Coxon was correct.
He said that despite Anthropic’s good intentions, the company doesn’t have a plan to avoid so-called superintelligence.
That’s a state in which AI exceeds humans’ ability to control it.
Hubinger clarified his comments shortly afterward in a follow-up post.
He said Anthropic’s own risk report acknowledges the concern but also says present AI poses little chance of gaining such power.
In July, nearly 1,400 AI company employees signed an open letter urging the U.S. government to regulate the technology to rein in big tech and slow the pace of AI.
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