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Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's resignation letter over AI risk goes viral

Essay reaches HN front page and spreads via Mastodon

1 Sep 21 11:31 AM · 4d ago · 1 article · 2 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 2

The essay was posted to Hacker News and reposted across Mastodon accounts within the same window, quickly accumulating dozens of comments and cross-platform shares.

“I resigned from Anthropic today. … They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”

Jacob Coxon, Former Anthropic researcher · hn ↗

Jacob Coxon Former Anthropic pretraining researcherEvan Hubinger Anthropic alignment team leadFrances HaugenFrances Haugen Former Facebook employee, 2021 whistleblower

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Sep 22Sep 23Sep 24yesterdaynow · 10:10 AM ET

Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch

  1. 1 outlet Good people refuse to do bad things

    first by HN Frontpage, 4d ago

All 2 developments of Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's resignation letter… →

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