Jacob Coxon, who resigned over concerns about rapid AI development, said building a superintelligence is like “summoning an alien species.”

"So these AIs are getting smarter, very, very quickly. And in particular, in the next six months to a year, I expect the capabilities of our AI systems to be quite scary."

Former Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon on Sunday called for Congress to allow the nation’s leading frontier AI labs to regulate themselves while lawmakers come up with a long-term regulatory framework for slowing the pace of AI development.

The head of the artificial intelligence company calls the exponential rate of AI developments a "warning sign," with risks for humanity, and says, "We need to slow down." He talks with "Sunday Morning" about possible steps forward.

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AI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic last week, warning the industry is gambling with our lives, writing of both OpenAI and Anthropic: "Neither company is acting responsibly. The people building A.

Jacob Coxon tells the BBC that there's a strong chance AI could end humanity if the rate of development is not reined in.