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.
Latest evidence
Recent events
Condemned
Addressed record
Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
“You can’t just post this without quitting.”
Speaker capacity
Founder and Executive Director of PauseAI US, confirmed by the organization's official biography; personal account response.
Editorial rationale
Condemns Wang's decision to remain at a lab after acknowledging severe unresolved risks.
Coxon argues that the competitive race by Anthropic and OpenAI toward self-improving superintelligence is irresponsible, even though he praises Anthropic's present practices and denies it is already cutting corners.
““Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.””
Speaker capacity
Former Anthropic pretraining researcher
Editorial rationale
He directly characterizes the company’s conduct as irresponsible and calls for a different, coordinated trajectory.
