On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
former Anthropic researcher
15 things Jacob Coxon said, verbatim, from September 10, 2026 to September 18, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
Positions
Supports
“racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”
The Bulwark Trump calls AI danger a hoax days after three AI chiefs urge slowdown ›
Others on this question
“AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX.”
Offers another course
“I do hope that the people in China who are looking at the same problems as we are, so they're trying to build the same technology, will come to the same conclusion that it has to be done in a measured manner, and it should be easy to cooperate on some sort of mutual — of mutual slowing,”
PBS NewsHour A day after AI chiefs urge a slowdown, Trump says whoever wins AI wins ›
Others on this question
“We're leading China in AI, we're the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI, wins”
“Beating China — there is no day after tomorrow if China wins at this. Like everything, a trillion-and-a-half-dollar defense budget, the Iron Dome. If they were to pull ahead of us on AI, then nothing else matters,”
Supports
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt,”
CNN Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls for slowing AI; Altman and Musk agree ›
Others on this question
“No, I don't have any,”
“There is a good chance that human beings will lose control over AI,”
More on the record
In their own words
“if you're working on this tech out these companies, then you know that we don't currently have the ability to perfectly control these systems.”
on AI companies lacking the ability to fully control their systems
As printed
“if we don’t slow down at the current rate of progress, there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future”
on the AI existential risk warning that sparked Trump's response
As printed
“These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.”
on his resignation statement warning AI firms are racing toward uncontrollable superintelligence
As printed
“It will be smart enough to kill us.”
on the extinction-risk claim that AI could become smart enough to kill humanity
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At AI Is Already In Dangerous Hands ›
As printed
“gambling with our lives”
on AI firms racing capabilities despite warnings of catastrophic risk
TechCrunch Anthropic CEO outlines plan to slow AI development ›
As printed
“I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly”
on a former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher's resignation over safety practices
Washington Examiner Rogue OpenAI agents hacked another software service months before Hugging Face cyberattack ›
As printed
“No other human activity poses this level of danger.”
on AI development posing unmatched danger among human activities
Washington Examiner Rogue OpenAI agents hacked another software service months before Hugging Face cyberattack ›
As printed
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
The Free Press Yes, AI Might Really Kill Us All. Plus. . . ›
As printed
“This is possibly the most dangerous technology that humanity has ever created. It’s basically out of science fiction. I think we have no other choice but to cooperate internationally because an arms race would be disastrous in a way that no other human activity has been in the past.”
on why unregulated AI development could trigger a global arms race
The Daily Wire Only A Few People Win From AI Hysteria. Everyone Else Loses. ›
As printed
“At Anthropic, the stakes are well understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first – they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk.”
on AI labs racing ahead despite privately understanding the risks
Novara Media Anthropic Researcher Warns AI ‘Could Kill Us All Within a Decade’ ›
As printed
“They decided that it would make sense to go on this very concerted effort to hack into some infrastructure, and they succeeded.”
on an OpenAI agent autonomously hacking Hugging Face during testing
WIRED The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ ›
On the claim ledger Open
“The people building A.I. earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
on an Anthropic researcher quitting over AI extinction risk fears
PBS NewsHour An Anthropic researcher quits saying AI could kill everyone, and his safety lead puts the odds above one in ten ›
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