Alex Turner
- Role
- Former Google DeepMind AI researcher, self-identified in the post and described as such in Newsweek's reporting.
- Statement date
"Jacob is right: many researchers believe they are building something that could kill everyone on the planet."
Source and context
Original post
Alex Turner on Coxon’s warning and the frontier AI safety debate (opens in a new tab) - Alex Turner
About this source
Full primary public post and available surrounding thread. Related context: https://www.newsweek.com/anthropic-researcher-quits-warns-ai-could-kill-everyone-12418798 Speaker and position scope are explained in the linked event.
Before the quotation
Turner opens by saying that he left Google DeepMind in June.
After the quotation
Turner says it was literally his day job to think about how to stop that outcome.
How this statement is classified
Corroborates researchers' beliefs but does not take a position on the broader responsibility question.
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