One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Here at WIRED we’ve been trying to make sense of at least two incidents in the AI industry this week: First, the major fight over a million-dollar math problem and whether OpenAI surreptitiously borrowed the work of other researchers to solve the problem first. A day later, an Anthropic researcher—who had previously worked at OpenAI—very publicly quit his job, citing concerns about how both companies were handling AI safety. Another technical staffer at Anthropic said in response that people at the company “really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade.” (Note the exclamation point.)
The internet erupted into a debate about whether these fears are very legitimate, totally overblown, part of a regulatory capture strategy, or self-aggrandizement on the part of the AI labs that make the tech. Or some combination thereof.
One prominent technology and AI researcher,...
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