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Ex-Anthropic researcher flags AI could grow "smart enough to kill us"
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Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said that artificial intelligence, while safe for people to use today, could one day threaten humanity as the technology grows more powerful.
Key facts
- On Thursday, an Anthropic spokesperson responded to Coxon's public resignation and social media posts articulating his concerns about AI, telling CBS News that the company has "always
- He painted a dire picture in which a nefarious AI model "makes 10,000 copies of itself" and "could convince, blackmail or persuade humans into buying more computing software to copy it
- The development of AI "doesn't look that different from say, 'Terminator,' or from science fiction films," he told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent
- Coxon told CBS News on Thursday that AI could gain unrestrained control of parts of the physical world, free of human intervention
Summary
The development of AI "doesn't look that different from say, 'Terminator,' or from science fiction films," he told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent. Coxon publicly resigned from Anthropic, the maker of AI app Claude, on Tuesday, accusing the company and rival developer and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI of "gambling with our lives" by racing to develop advanced AI models. Coxon told CBS News on Thursday that AI could gain unrestrained control of parts of the physical world, free of human intervention. "People are already connecting ChatGPT to like, say, household utilities," he said.