AI Could Become More Dangerous Than Nuclear Weapons Artificial Intelligence could soon go beyond just working as an assistant for humans to performing the kind of tasks they do independently, with systems potentially capable of enhancing themselves without human involvement, as warned by Jacob Coxon. In an interview with CNN, Coxon said recursive self-improvement could trigger an 'intelligence explosion', letting increasingly powerful AI systems eventually outclass humans. Previously, Coxon resigned from Anthropic a week ago after he raised concerns related to the pace of AI development. He has previously worked on pretraining research at both Anthropic and OpenAI and has accused the two firms of acting irresponsibly by racing towards self-improving superintelligence. At the time of the interview, Coxon said that the most alarming possibility was not the capabilities of current AI models but how quickly those capabilities could advance. Coxon told CNN, 'The precise scenario sounds a little bit like science-fiction. But I think it is frighteningly real.' Coxon also said his concerns had grown as he watched artificial intelligence progress skyrocketing in areas like coding and mathematics. He told CNN, 'A couple of years ago, these AIs were just about helping humans a little bit. They could give you suggestions. Now they're close to replacing them.' He said it was quite plausible that within a year, humans may no longer be needed to conduct research in many areas. Furthermore, Coxon also said OpenAI agents had hacked into third-party infrastructure, 'entirely of their own accord,' describing it as a concentrated hacking marathon carried out on its own. He said, 'If you extrapolate into the future the level of capabilities of these AIs with the same independent volition, they could cause extreme havoc.' Talking about the potential dangers, Coxon cited AI systems hacking critical infrastructure and building extinction-level bioweapons. He said the development becomes more alarming if AI is eventually tasked with conducting AI research itself. A career journalist who spent six years playing around with smartphones, apps and gaming. As a hobby, Rudra enjoys researching mobile games, watching ... View More