""I achieved everything I wanted here," Sharma wrote, citing projects like developing defenses to reduce the risks of AI-assisted bioterrorism and a final project on understanding the effects of AI on humanity. He also said it was time to move on because he was constantly grappling with the perils of AI, bioweapons, and a "whole series of interconnected crises unfolding at this very moment.""
""We appear to be approaching a threshold where our wisdom must grow in equal measure to our capacity to affect the world, lest we face the consequences," he wrote."
""Throughout my time here, I've repeatedly seen how hard it is to truly let our values govern our actions. I've seen this within myself, within the organization, where we constantly face pressures to set aside what matters most, and throughout the broader society too.""
Mrinank Sharma led the safeguards research team at Anthropic and developed defenses aimed at reducing AI-assisted bioterrorism risks and studied AI's effects on humanity. He is departing after completing key projects and because he has been grappling with AI perils, bioweapons, and interconnected global crises. He warned that society may be nearing a threshold where wisdom must increase alongside technological power to avoid serious consequences. He described repeated tensions between stated values and operational pressures. He plans to pursue work aligned with his integrity, study poetry, and focus on courageous speech. Several other Anthropic employees have left recently.
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