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Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough.

Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic researcher of four months, resigned and publicly warned that artificial intelligence may kill us all, a move the Washington Examiner reports Democrats amplified by marching behind frontier AI lab leaders calling for Washington to regulate the industry and slow development. The Washington Examiner argues the real risk is that AI is not powerful enough, framing the debate as doomers versus those who see underpowered AI as the greater danger.

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Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough.
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Two seemingly unrelated stories have recently taken Washington by storm.

First, Democrats marched in lockstep behind the leaders of the nation’s frontier AI labs, who called for Washington to regulate the industry and slow down development. This campaign was kick-started when Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic researcher of four months, resigned from the company and publicly announced that artificial intelligence may kill us all.

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