Authored by Kay Rubacek via The Epoch Times,
Most people have never heard of Mrinank Sharma. That is part of the problem.
Earlier this month, Sharma resigned from Anthropic,one of the most influential artificial intelligence companies in the world.
He had led its Safeguards Research Team, the group responsible for ensuring that Anthropic’s AI could not be used to help engineer a biological weapon.
His final project was a study of how AI systems distort the way people perceive reality. It was serious, consequential work for humankind.
His resignation letter was seen more than14 million timeson X.
It opened with the words, “the world is in peril.”
And it ended with a poem and by announcing that he was leaving one of the most consequential jobs in artificial intelligence to pursue a poetry degree. Yes, you read that right: peril and poetry.
The poem he quoted is, “The Way It Is,” by the American poet William Stafford.
It speaks of a thread that runs through a life—a thread that goes among things that change, but does not change itself. While you hold it, you cannot get lost. Tragedies happen. People suffer and grow old. Time unfolds, and nothing stops it. And the final line: you don’t ever let go of the thread.
Source: ZeroHedge News
