Reading up on Jacob Coxon
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- What’s really behind the AI panic. – Mark E. Jeftovic is The Bombthrower
The article argues that the current AI panic is orchestrated by Effective Altruism to justify government regulation that creates an AI oligopoly and suppresses open-source models.
- ‘Things Will Never Be Chill Again’: The Doomers Who Shaped the AI Safety Freakout - WSJ
The WSJ article profiles how AI safety doomers from Berkeley’s Constellation co‑working space, many tied to effective altruism, have influenced Anthropic and OpenAI, shaping AI development amid apocalyptic fears.
- How Chinese AI Radicalizes - by Irene Zhang - ChinaTalk
DeepSeek researcher Liu Shengyu warns that letting Anthropic monopolize advanced AI is as dangerous as Hitler acquiring the atom bomb, urging open-source AI to avert a cyberpunk dystopia.
- The contagion of fear
The author warns that unsubstantiated AI extinction fears spread like a contagion, urging experts to avoid sensational claims without extraordinary evidence.
- Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears - WSJ
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigns, warning that the industry's rush toward self‑improving AI could lead to uncontrollable systems within a year.