Lovely calls Anthropic's "build it and control it" approach "incredibly naive"
Garrison LovelyJournalist; author of "Obsolete"
Journalist Garrison Lovely called Anthropic's "build it and control it" approach to AI safety "incredibly naive."
“incredibly naive”
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Where this statement fits
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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Interview
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Breaking Points segment with guest Garrison Lovely discussing AI safety approaches, including Anthropic's.
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Discussing AI safety strategy as a guest on Breaking Points.
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No further follow-up on this specific point had been reported as of this writing.
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Why this label?
Lovely directly condemns Anthropic's 'build it and control it' safety approach as 'incredibly naive,' a substantive rejection of the company's stated strategy for safely advancing toward recursive self-improvement.
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The Dispute Index. "Lovely calls Anthropic's "build it and control it" approach "incredibly naive"". First published: 2026-09-17. Last updated: 2026-09-17. https://disputeindex.com/events/852-journalist-garrison-lovely-called-anthropic-s-build-it