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After Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon resigned over fears that its product could destroy humanity itself earlier this month, the company's alignment science lead, Evan Hubinger, publicly agreed that his product has a 10 percent chance of causing human extinction in the next decade.
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In September 2026, Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon resigned due to fears that the company's AI product could destroy humanity.
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{
    "date": "September 2026",
    "person": "Jacob Coxon",
    "reason": "Fears that Anthropic's product could destroy humanity",
    "organization": "Anthropic"
}
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Created
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM (2 weeks ago)
Last Updated
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM (2 weeks ago)

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A researcher resigned from Anthropic, warning that AI could kill humanity by the end of the decade. This article explores the debate around AI's potential dangers, contrasting dire predictions with the technology's beneficial advancements.

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The Problem With Apocalyptic Thinking
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This article explores the pervasive feeling of impending apocalypse, from climate change to AI, and questions whether our fears of exponential growth are always accurate. It examines how these anxieties shape our perception of solutions and progress.

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“To be clear,” Christopher Olah told me, “we don’t know if A.I. models are conscious. I don’t know. I’m genuinely uncertain. The thing that I care about is that we get to the right answer, whatever it is.”
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html

To be clear Christopher Olah told me we don t know if A I models are conscious I don t know I m genuinely uncertain The thing that I care

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