Professor of economics at Yale School of Management whose research spans public finance, behavioral economics, health economics, and industrial organization.
Role at the time: Personal public post by Jason Abaluck; not established as an institutional statement.
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Abaluck offers a conditional defense of capabilities research at OpenAI or Anthropic: working inside a dangerous program could save lives and create influence over its direction. He says researchers must exercise exceptional caution, reassess tradeoffs continually, and have an exit strategy.
After leaving Anthropic, Jacob Coxon said Anthropic and OpenAI were irresponsibly racing toward self-improving superintelligence, while praising Anthropic's current practices. Responses dispute catastrophic-risk forecasts, working inside AI labs, and whether governments should pause or regulate development.