Mixed or conditional
““Many AI developer staff desperately want to slow down to figure out how to build AI more safely.””
Marks endorsed Coxon’s concern about the race and unresolved alignment while explaining that he works on safety at Anthropic to reduce the risk.
- Speaker
- Samuel Marks
- Capacity
- Anthropic safety researcher, explicitly writing in a personal capacity.
- Observed
- September 9, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Anthropic
- Classification rationale
- His personal-capacity statement supports the central criticism but presents continued safety work as a conditional rationale for remaining at Anthropic.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Marks reposted Coxon’s thread with an explicit personal-capacity disclaimer.
After the quotation
He described commercial incentives, a perceived race with less responsible developers, and unresolved robust alignment.
Evidence
Complete source record
Samuel Marks says Coxon’s thread is worth reading and describes unresolved AI alignment risks (opens in a new tab)X post, personal capacity disclaimer
Primary statement by an Anthropic safety researcher in his personal capacity. Marks supports Coxon’s central risk and coordination concerns while explaining why he continues safety work at Anthropic.