Meet the top Anthropic scientist who predicted the core of today’s AI doom debate

Business Insider | 23-09-2026 10:58am |

Jared Kaplan, cofounder and chief science officer at Anthropic, predicted that the debate over AI's danger would center on self-improving AI. He leads research and responsible scaling at Anthropic, playing a key role in the AI race. Kaplan told the Guardian that allowing AI to train itself could lead to an "intelligence explosion," calling it the "ultimate risk" and "maybe the biggest decision or scariest thing to do." He said the decision point for that process could arrive between 2027 and 2030.

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