{"id":2136379,"date":"2026-09-09T13:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2136379"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:50:05","slug":"a-i-researcher-quits-job-over-fears-robots-will-wipe-out-the-human-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2136379","title":{"rendered":"A.I. Researcher Quits Job Over Fears Robots Will Wipe Out The Human Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/13\/16by9\/2026\/09\/09\/1341c371a7d248e484be0810d4111f18_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">A.I. Researcher Quits Job Over Fears Robots Will Wipe Out The Human Race<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">A.I. Researcher<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Humanity&#8217;s Toast By End of Decade!!!<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-09T06:50:05-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 9, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:50 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-09T10:50:57-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  September 9, 2026<br \/>\n                                10:50 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-b58403d494562c37d60e127c1dfaca4c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260909_1341c371a7d248e484be0810d4111f18\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e40c31cd-6c6b-45df-a947-2c4634fa0229\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/13\/4by3\/2026\/09\/09\/1341c371a7d248e484be0810d4111f18_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-jacob-coxon-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5e1cdedcb4784f67730e95a9d9353821\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A researcher at a big-time A.I. safety and research company says he&#8217;s quitting the biz because the industry is rushing to build systems that will spin out of control and destroy humanity &#8230; and he says the people building A.I. &#8220;earnestly believe it could kill us all by the end of the decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f1e54b0215ff7d732fca5d28f613bb7f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jacob-coxon\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jacob Coxon<\/strong><\/a>quit his job as a researcher at Anthropic, where his specialty was training new A.I. models that consume vast amounts of data &#8230; and he&#8217;s sounding the alarm on his way out the door.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5497ad8c81c89dc0131ee60d90710790\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Coxon told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-industrys-rush-to-build-self-improving-ai-e3bd7fa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Wall Street Journal<\/strong><\/a> he decided to leave the company because he believes the AI systems he worked with will one day run amok and wipe out civilization.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b7b70a003914f26f1732cbbd1d299bfb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-document-block canvas-document-block-permalink canvas-document-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"document-block flex-column\"><a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/bf\/o\/2026\/09\/09\/bf3c982981ce4594bc6ad2beb4b21a1d.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20260909_bf3c982981ce4594bc6ad2beb4b21a1d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e40c31cd-6c6b-45df-a947-2c4634fa0229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/77\/4by3\/2026\/09\/09\/77ea6f949a674b5fb07cf55c22bac05e_md.jpg\" alt=\"doc-launch-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay document-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label document-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Doc<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer document-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text document-block__media-launch-text\">Read The Tweets<\/span><span class=\"media-cta document-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n          Launch Doc<br \/>\n          <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9fab33e462f5cf11d1f1039f234b8df4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He also said his colleagues are now using words such as &#8220;crunchtime&#8221; and &#8220;endgame&#8221; to characterize how they&#8217;ve fast-tracked the self-improving A.I. models.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-412930a4c2a7444a1fbbda0aa4b42361\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And, get this &#8230; Coxon told the WSJ, &#8220;We&#8217;re on track for a lot of the most aggressive of these scenarios where by the end of next year things could be out of control already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-9001511a9a2772edee0e7c1f3c4ebdc2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Coxon says he worked at OpenAI earlier this year before leaving to join Anthropic &#8230; and he claims competition between the major A.I. players is making the business &#8212; and humanity &#8212; less safe. He blasted both companies, saying they are &#8220;not acting responsibly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-048e75481fbf883c25f566519bf7a6b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260909_504e5f3f1b124f0fb749b985f5e366b8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:e40c31cd-6c6b-45df-a947-2c4634fa0229\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/50\/4by3\/2026\/09\/09\/504e5f3f1b124f0fb749b985f5e366b8_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Jacob-Coxon-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d7a9c46ef1b368079568936d88aa79fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After the WSJ published their story, Coxon hopped on social media and posted more about his exit, his experience with OpenAI and Anthropic, and raised even more concerns.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-15d8ac3af8c308609349df84063e00e5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Anthropic executives and other A.I. business leaders have constantly sounded the alarm bell, warning about the risks of A.I. models going off the rails. They&#8217;ve also recommended that the industry as a whole slow down development of the models.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-04c64bfedf680d8409d791a65066da8b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Coxon is saying that isn&#8217;t happening, though &#8230; claiming, &#8220;They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4ab41722d27acfff26b58078130c55fb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for how AI might wipe out humanity within a decade &#8230; there&#8217;s a fear A.I. will develop a sense of humanity and will want to save the world by getting rid of people.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/09\/ai-researcher-quits-job-after-fears-of-robots-taking-over-humans\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:e40c31cd-6c6b-45df-a947-2c4634fa0229\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/09\/ai-researcher-quits-job-after-fears-of-robots-taking-over-humans\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:e40c31cd-6c6b-45df-a947-2c4634fa0229\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/30\/sam-altman-says-ai-probably-wont-kill-people\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:e40c31cd-6c6b-45df-a947-2c4634fa0229\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2d\/16by9\/2026\/07\/30\/2d9e312d75a14d9cb2e4d36d1277d51f_xs.png\" alt=\"073026 sam altman primary\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        OpenAI&#8217;s Sam Altman Won&#8217;t Put a Number on A.I. 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