A 27-year-old AI researcher shot to fame after speaking out against AI’s threat to humanity. Was it a smart career move?

Didn’t know who Jacob Coxon was a couple of weeks ago? You’re not alone.

As of last week, the 27-year-old former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher has become the poster child for AI panic.

In an X post on Tuesday, Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic, saying that neither AI lab was “acting responsibly” and both were “gambling with our lives.”

In an interview with The Daily published on Monday, Coxon said he initially wanted to resign without making a statement.

“I’d never posted online before, on Twitter, on public social media,” Coxon said. “So this was kind of my first ever post. But I was like, I guess I should say something.”

The post…