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Dane Sherburn

Former OpenAI preparedness team

Worried, this week

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1 statement over 1 week, last spoke Nov 6.

What they've said

• Friday, Nov 6Week 45

  Quoting METR's report that AI is accelerating Anthropic's own development, Sherburn wrote I feel sick after reading today's METR report. I'm worried for my friends and family. I don't know what evidence people will need to see before they start taking these risks seriously.

  METR found that capability gains at Anthropic on well-specified tasks are now about twice their earlier pace, mostly because AI is being used in AI research. Sherburn ended with a call to action: If you're undecided about helping, please act; there's many opportunities to help.

  Details and sources

  Posted shortly before 1 a.m. Mountain time on Nov 6, so dated Nov 6 though it refers to the report as today's. Transformer, which identifies him as an ex-OpenAI preparedness team member, quoted the post in its Nov 6 briefing and wrote that many AI safety researchers are more worried than they were yesterday.

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