# Asking a Brief Anthropic Employee About Extinction Is Like Asking an AC Technician About Climate by Clément Delangue > “Sorry, but asking Jacob [Coxon] about AI-extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change.” > **— Clément Delangue**, *Sep. 11, 2026; Co-founder and CEO, Hugging Face* ## Sources and Context - **Direct or near-primary source:** [Open source](https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/hugging-face-ceo-says-asking-182505704.html) — PRESS / QUOTED SOCIAL POST • Business Insider / Yahoo — coverage quoting Delangue’s X post Supplied exact wording: “Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change.” Context supplied in the dossier: “On treating former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon as an authority on extinction risk:” - **Editorial clarification:** Square brackets in the Reminder make the supplied source context explicit. Supplied wording variant(s): “Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change.” ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Sorry, but asking Jacob [Coxon] about AI-extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change.” — Clément Delangue, Sep. 11, 2026; Co-founder and CEO, Hugging Face https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-clement-delangue-asking-a-brief-anthropic-employee-about-extinction-is-like ```