Role at the time: Personal public post by Tae Kim; not established as an institutional or corporate statement.
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
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.”
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.