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Ex-Anthropic researcher says roadshow chart drove him out
Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon claims Anthropic's IPO roadshow chart on compute multipliers influenced his decision to quit.
In brief
Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon claims Anthropic's IPO roadshow chart on compute multipliers influenced his decision to quit. Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon says Anthropic's roadshow chart of pre-training compute multipliers helped drive him out of the company. Originally reported by Dealroom.
Jacob Coxon's warning
Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon quit in September with a warning the AI race is 'gambling with our lives'.
“gambling with our lives”
Coxon's roadshow chart
Coxon shared a chart from Anthropic's IPO roadshow showing pre-training compute multipliers from July 2024 to October 2026.
Coxon's interpretation
Coxon says the logarithmic chart shows continued superexponential algorithmic progress, not just compounding efficiency gains.
“continued superexponential algorithmic progress”
Coxon's concerns
Coxon wants frontier development paused next year to let competitors catch up, saying it would only harm OpenAI and Anthropic.
Anthropic's response
Anthropic says compute multipliers are central to its IPO, with a 4x multiplier meaning training the same model with a quarter of the compute.
Here's the gist
Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon says Anthropic's roadshow chart of pre-training compute multipliers helped drive him out of the company.
