Former Anthropic researcher urges slower AI development, warns of tech dangers

Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher who resigned over the technology’s risks, urged awareness of artificial intelligence’s (AI) dangers and called for a slowdown at an event on Monday. Coxon spoke to a crowd of around 200 people at a conversation with political science professor Robert Reich M.A. ’98 Ph.D. ’98, sponsored by Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). In September, Coxon made headlines after resigning from Anthropic and posting a viral X post that criticized OpenAI and Anthropic for developing AI and recursive self improvement (RSI) too quickly, which he said is raising the risk of human extinction. RSI refers to the process of AI improving itself without human intervention, which experts have warned could make AI harder to control. To reduce the risks, Coxon called for political activism focused on pressuring governments to slow down AI development.

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