JoeJBenton says he left Anthropic to work on AI risk assessment at METR
A user quoting the announcement argues that more lab employees should join METR or similar efforts, without broadly faulting individuals who stay.
TLDR
On September 2, JoeJBenton said he had left Anthropic the previous week to join METR and work on embedded assessment of AI risks. He praised Anthropic, saying he had always known he would move on if something more impactful came up. A user quoting the announcement argued that more people should leave labs for METR or similar efforts, while stopping short of treating staying at a lab as generally the wrong choice for an individual.
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