TechThe campaign to bring AI extinction warnings to Capitol Hill
The Washington Post reports that activists spent years cultivating allies on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both major parties are discussing warnings that AI could end human life.
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The Washington Post describes an existential debate in Washington after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and said people building AI feared it could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” The paper reports that lawmakers began echoing extinction warnings, with members of both major parties discussing the prospect after years of activists cultivating allies on Capitol Hill.
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The campaign to bring AI extinction warnings to Capitol Hill
The Washington Post reports that activists spent years cultivating allies on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers in both major parties are discussing warnings that AI could end human life.
TLDR
The Washington Post describes an existential debate in Washington after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and said people building AI feared it could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” The paper reports that lawmakers began echoing extinction warnings, with members of both major parties discussing the prospect after years of activists cultivating allies on Capitol Hill.