Warning against the speed of the industry from artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon

Coxon made evaluations on the subject in his interview with the BBC.

Pointing out that rapid progress in the field of artificial intelligence may pose serious risks for the future of humanity, Coxon stated that employees in the sector are really afraid of the possible consequences of this situation.

Coxon emphasized that those working in the field of artificial intelligence are serious about calls for regulation in the sector, saying, "They feel stuck in a race and they are afraid of the consequences of this race." he said.

Underlining that the pace of progress of artificial intelligence should be slowed down, Coxon said, "I believe that if we do not slow down the current pace of progress, there is a strong possibility that we may all die in the near future." shared his opinion.

Coxon pointed out that slowing down the progress in this field requires joint action at the international level, and argued that the artificial intelligence race on a global scale may not be prevented if coordination between the USA and China is not achieved.

On the other hand, Coxon underlined that artificial intelligence can offer important benefits such as contributing to the treatment of diseases and improving people's lives.

In his article published on his website, Dario Amodei, CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, called on companies to "reduce the speed of development of artificial intelligence models" due to increasing concerns about controlling artificial intelligence systems.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO (CEO) Elon Musk and US-based artificial intelligence company OpenAI's CEO (CEO) Sam Altman also supported Amodei in their posts on their social media accounts.

Coxon's resignation

Jacob Coxon, who has been working as a researcher at OpenAI and Anthropic for the last three years, resigned from Anthropic, arguing that neither company acted responsibly enough regarding artificial intelligence.

Claiming that companies are in an uncontrolled race for self-improving artificial intelligence systems, Coxon said, "These will soon become superhuman systems that can hack anything, transform any area overnight, and obtain real power and resources." He used the following expressions:

Coxon also claimed that industry workers who developed artificial intelligence models seriously believed that these systems could "kill humanity" within 10 years.