Tae Kim says Evan Hubinger should resign if he believes his AI warning
Tae KimPersonal public post by Tae Kim; not established as an institutional or corporate statement.
Kim rejects Hubinger's warning and argues that Hubinger should resign if he believes it. He criticizes the public statement for giving AI opponents material that could support policies harmful to AI infrastructure development.
“I don't believe this. But if Evan believes this, he should resign right now.”
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Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic and said that Anthropic and OpenAI are acting irresponsibly by racing toward self-improving superintelligence. In a fuller interview, he praised Anthropic's current practices and denied that it was already cutting corners; his criticism concerns the competitive race and the pressures he expects it to create. Responses dispute the evidence and timing of catastrophic-risk forecasts, whether continued work inside AI labs can be justified, and whether governments should pause development or regulate its continuation. The record distinguishes these disagreements from arguments about the rhetoric of public warnings.
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The post explicitly names Evan and responds to the public extinction warning, criticizing its timing in relation to a claimed impending Anthropic IPO.
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Kim's objection focuses on the warning's public and policy consequences. He offers no technical evidence estimating extinction risk and does not establish that Anthropic is acting responsibly.
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Rejects the warning and criticizes its policy consequences; offers no technical risk estimate.
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The Dispute Index. "Tae Kim says Evan Hubinger should resign if he believes his AI warning". First published: 2026-09-10. Last updated: 2026-09-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/247-kim-rejects-hubinger-s-warning-and-argues-that