# Jacob Coxon **Entity class:** Person / artificial-intelligence researcher **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / governance / public knowledge **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Jacob Coxon is a former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher whose September 2026 resignation statement accused both laboratories of racing irresponsibly toward self-improving superintelligence. ## Relationships [[wiki/Anthropic|Anthropic]] · [[wiki/OpenAI|OpenAI]] · [[wiki/Recursive Self-Improvement|Recursive Self-Improvement]] · [[wiki/AI Control|AI Control]] - **Source dossier:** [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] ## Sources and provenance - [Source or authoritative context](https://apnews.com/article/2ed549e07f2f941600a135070487d83d) — accessed for the October 2026 integration. - [[research/Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff - Ezra Klein on Recursive Self-Improvement|Why Are We Sprinting Off the AI Cliff?]] — reconciled episode conversion and quotation inventory. ## Evidence boundary Time-sensitive roles, forecasts, model capabilities and incident details remain attributed to the dated sources above. This node records the relationship established by the source corpus and does not convert a forecast or reported event into an independently proven fact. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” > **— Jacob Coxon**, *public resignation statement, September 2026* [[reminders/AI Control/Racing Toward Self-Improving Superintelligence by Jacob Coxon|Racing Toward Self-Improving Superintelligence by Jacob Coxon]] > “It's funny. I agree with [Jacob Coxon's warning that the AI industry is moving too fast] much more than I disagree with him.” > **— Dario Amodei**, *public statement, September 2026* [[reminders/Risk Debate/I Agree With the Warning That the AI Industry Is Moving Too Fast by Dario Amodei|I Agree With the Warning That the AI Industry Is Moving Too Fast by Dario Amodei]]