TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\nHe also questioned whether today\u2019s advanced AI could justify its computing and energy costs, warning of \u201cthe great disappointment\u201d if costs remained high and usefulness fell short.He saw greater value in specialised AI with clearer benefits relative to costs.\u201cThe great shame in all this furore will be the backlash that slows down AI development in areas where it could really make a very positive difference, like curing cancer or solving climate change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon\u2019s resignation renews concerns over AI safety and the risks of unchecked development (Credit: Jacob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[308703,1929,1930,51120,879,49,48,8799,1799,7233,8797,87674,8798,75226],"class_list":["post-890586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ai-development-oversight","tag-ai-safety","tag-anthropic","tag-artificial-intelligence-risks","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-surrey","tag-today-news","tag-university-of-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon\u2019s resignation renews concerns over AI safety and the risks of unchecked development (Credit: Jacob Coxon’s X account) NEW DELHI: The rush to replace workers and give artificial intelligence access to critical systems could cause serious harm without machines ever surpassing human intelligence, a University of Surrey expert has warned, as an industry resignation renews calls for international oversight.Andrew Rogoyski, from the university\u2019s Institute for People-Centred AI, said the practical dangers were premature job losses and cyber disruption, even as he questioned predictions of an imminent technological takeover.His comments follow Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon\u2019s resignation on September 8. Coxon accused the company and OpenAI of racing irresponsibly towards self-improving superintelligence. British MP Darren Jones has called for a multinational treaty governing its safe development.Anthropic has said it recognises unprecedented risks and supports lawful, verifiable industry cooperation to pace the release of powerful models.\u201cWe\u2019re right to worry about the theoretical dangers of Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), but I still believe that we are a long way from achieving this,\u201d Rogoyski said. ASI refers to hypothetical systems far exceeding human abilities across different fields.He argued that AI remained dependent on people for electricity, cooling and computing chips. More concerning, he said, were less capable systems pursuing narrow goals while being allowed to act independently and access critical infrastructure.\u201cIn economic terms, the danger is that companies displace human workers far too early, long before AI has really proved its worth.\u201dRogoyski also questioned claims that one person could run a billion-dollar company using AI, arguing that technical capability alone would not make such businesses economically or socially workable.He suggested a major AI-enabled cyber attack could disrupt organisations, trigger lawsuits and drive investors away, forcing developers to prioritise safety.<\/p>\n