Another day, another doomsday AI post that leaves the public feeling unsettled, anxious, and unsure what to do next. At least that’s how it feels as an AI reporter who reports on this space every day. This time, the alarm bells are coming from inside the industry, courtesy of a former researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic named Jacob Coxon. His X post on Sept. 8 has gone mega-viral, racking up over 150 million views as of this writing.
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon said. “I spent the last three years doing pre-training research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.”
