AI eye-opener : Tech giants should not gamble with humanity

ANTHROPIC researcher Jacob Coxon’s resignation — and his dystopian warning — has intensified the worldwide debate over artificial intelligence (AI). When an individual who has worked at both Anthropic and OpenAI claims that leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives”, the all-important question is whether the AI-driven transformation is being pursued responsibly. Coxon’s central concern is the accelerating race towards self-improving superintelligence — systems that could eventually exceed human capabilities across multiple domains and potentially acquire the ability to manipulate digital infrastructure, resources and institutions. More troublingly, Anthropic’s own Alignment Science lead, Evan Hubinger, has acknowledged that the company does not yet have a solution for aligning superintelligent systems with human interests. Such admissions expose a dangerous contradiction at the heart of the AI industry. Companies increasingly recognise that advanced AI could pose extraordinary risks, yet competitive pressures continue to push them towards more capable systems. The logic that “if we do not build it, someone else will” can turn a race into a collective catastrophe.