Anthropic Hires Stanford Economist Who Argued 33% AI Extinction Risk Is Worth Economic Benefits
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Frank Landymore
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Anthropic has hired Stanford economist Chad Jones, who previously authored a paper arguing that a 33 percent chance of human extinction from AI could be acceptable if weighed against the economic growth benefits AI would bring. The article highlights the apparent contradiction between Anthropic's strong public stance on AI safety and its hiring of an economist who endorses a relatively high tolerance for existential risk in exchange for economic gains.
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bskyAnthropic Hires Stanford Economist Who Argued 33% AI Extinction Risk Is Worth Economic Benefitsshare.googleKey quotes
· 3 pulledOut of all the big AI players, Anthropic is the one that likes to doomsay about AI the most — because it's also the most concerned about AI safety, of course.
Jones — a longtime Stanford economics professor — once wrote a paper that weighed up what would be an acceptable risk level of human extinction from AI, against the potential benefits it would bring
the economic growth AI will bring is worth a 33 percent chance of human extinction.
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