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Actually, Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess), “there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future. It's not at all an exaggera…
Actually, Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess), “there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future. It's not at all an exaggeration” is itself a wild exaggeration. I laid out exactly why
Actually, Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess), “there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future. It's not at all an exaggeration” is itself a wild exaggeration. I laid out exactly why in my essay https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/no-anderson-cooper-ai-is-not-going?r=8tdk6. I’ll defend your right to speak endlessly, but I believe you are seriously overselling the extinction risk. Happy to debate that if you like! Jacob Coxon’s next interview on BBC (the ex-Anthropic+OpenAI researcher who resigned). "If we don't slow down at the current rate of progress, there is a strong chance that we could all die in the immediate future. It's not at all an exaggeration. And many of the people who are d…
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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-09-13