Role at the time: Personal public post by Taylor Lorenz; not established as an institutional statement.
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
Lorenz criticizes the public warning for generating fear that she believes could produce harmful legislation. In a follow-up, she calls for specific evidence of alleged corporate negligence so that it can be examined and corrected.
“This sort of sanctimonious doomer posting is so infuriating.”
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.