The very architects of artificial intelligence are now sounding an alarm so dire it echoes through the halls of Silicon Valley and beyond: humanity itself could face extinction before this decade is out, swallowed whole by the very technology they are racing to build.
Axios reports that Jacob Coxon, an AI researcher at Anthropic, dramatically resigned from his post on Tuesday, specifically to go public with his chilling warnings. He immediately took to X, laying bare the profound fears within the industry.
"The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible – but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger," Coxon wrote, pulling back the curtain on a terrifying reality.
His former colleagues quickly backed his dire assessment. Evan Hubinger, who leads alignment science at Anthropic, did not mince words: "Jacob is correct here — we really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade. I believe Anthropic is trying its best, but we do not yet have a plan to solve alignment for superintelligence and are not clearly on track to."
Samuel Marks, Anthropic's scalable-oversight lead, added his own grim assessment, stating, "AI developers believe their technology could cause human extinction (or similarly bad outcomes). This could happen in the next few years. In general, the more senior the employee, the more concerned they are."
These unsettling warnings from Anthropic insiders are not isolated. Breitbart News previously highlighted how OpenAI's chief scientist also urged "extreme caution" just this week.
That report detailed how OpenAI's Pachocki described AI moving towards "recursive self-improvement," a scenario where systems advance without human direction, potentially at an accelerating pace. "I am concerned no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence," Pachocki warned, further echoing the profound sense of urgency.
Yet, amidst these doomsday predictions, a familiar pattern emerges. While these tech giants unleash ever more powerful AI models, they simultaneously clamor for industry regulation. Is this a genuine cry for global safety standards, or a calculated maneuver by established players to solidify their dominance, inflate valuations, and push for regulations that effectively shut out smaller innovators and centralize control?
The push for centralized control over such a transformative technology poses critical questions for American sovereignty and national security. Ensuring AI development benefits humanity, without handing vast power to unelected Silicon Valley elites or allowing foreign adversaries like China to gain a decisive advantage, is a challenge the America First movement understands deeply. This isn't merely about technological advancement; it's about safeguarding our future, our freedom, and our American way of life against new, unprecedented threats and the potential for a new form of digital globalism.
