Samuel Marks
Role at the time: Anthropic safety researcher, explicitly writing in a personal capacity.
Condemned
Response to this claim
Samuel Marks said robust AI alignment remains unsolved, competitive incentives contribute to continued development, and many frontier-lab staff want a slowdown to improve safety.
“Many AI developer staff desperately want to slow down to figure out how to build AI more safely.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Samuel Marks says Coxon’s thread is worth reading and describes unresolved AI alignment risksX 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.
Why we used this label
Marks endorses the concern, says robust alignment is unavailable and identifies himself with a slowdown demand. His safety job explains harm reduction; it is not endorsement of the current race.