Dan
thoughts
on AI

“The longer
you can
look back,
the farther
you can
look forward.”

Churchill

What is
a phone?

A phone split open, showing a chip, memory, and an antenna

The
first one.

A brick mobile phone with a long antenna

The first
smart one.

A chunky early handheld communicator with a stylus

6,700×.

Same
three
parts.

A chip, a memory block, and an antenna, each bigger than the last

What
is AI?

AI is:
a neural
network.

A looping network of nodes with a signal moving through

“The sky
is ...”

AI is:
code.

Pump.
Pump.
Pump.

Three cranks turning a knot of math, a stack of computers, and a flood of pages

Who's
talking?

Two carnival barkers, one with a storm cloud and one with a rocket

Best.
Lemonade.
Ever.

A vendor holding up a glowing cup of lemonade

Everyone
has a
stand.

A street full of little lemonade stands around one giant stand

The wrong
lemons.

An inspector tagging a small lemonade stand while a fancy stand stays open

More than
money.

A shrine built out of server racks, with a halo over it

But Dario, Antropic > Claude Code, is in it for more than money.
He has an ideology (a core belief).
He really does believe that this AI we're making will be our god, someday.
He's written a few papers describing his view, which feels like a religion view.
One paper is called "Machines of Loving Grace: How AI Could Transform the World for the Better"
A reference to a 1967 poem about a future where machines and humans living in harmony.
Anthropic has a Claude Constitution and are training it on that instead of American Constitution.
They are telling the NN that it's conscience - so of course it will act like that.
Ideologies scare me more than the tech.

What's in it
for them?

One hand holding a megaphone and the other holding cash

100 million
views.

September 8th, 2026.
Jacob Coxon quit his job at Anthropic with a tweet. "Gambling our lives"
It goes Viral; 100 million views over night.
Championed as an expert we should listen to.
Let's dig a little deeper.
Jacob's post went out at 8:04 p.m.
Jacob had less than 100 followers on X, at the time.
He graduated in 2020 and has only spent 3 years working at OpenAI. And 4-6 months at Anthropic.
Before Jacob worked in AI he was part of 2 Non-Profits that were already concerned about AI. (Ideology)
So, he wasn't an expert before this post.
How did he go viral?
Within about 10 mins, Nathan Calvin (~8k) and Daniel Kokotajlo (~53k) shared the tweet. Both are in the "doom" camp with there own NonProfits.
At 7:46 p.m. the WSJ published an article that referenced Jacob's tweet.
Jacob then reached out to many podcasts asking to be interviewed
then cancelled on the one that was anti-anti-AI.
Idk about you, but this is a smell about it.

Will it
kill us?

The bomb
didn't.

A cartoon bomb with a spark moving along the fuse

We'll
be fine.

A bright city with the lights on, one scorched corner under a bandage

People.
Not tech.

I'm
going
home.

A wooden door standing open, warm light spilling out

Questions?

A pile of colorful sticky notes, the top one a question mark

Danthoughtson AI

“The longeryou canlook back,the fartheryou canlook forward.”

What isa phone?

Thefirst one.

The firstsmart one.

6,700×.

Samethreeparts.

Whatis AI?

AI is:a neuralnetwork.

“The skyis ...”

AI is:code.

Pump.Pump.Pump.

Who'stalking?

Best.Lemonade.Ever.

Everyonehas astand.

The wronglemons.

More thanmoney.

What's in itfor them?

100 millionviews.

Will itkill us?

The bombdidn't.

We'llbe fine.

People.Not tech.

I'mgoinghome.

Questions?

Dan
thoughts
on AI

“The longer
you can
look back,
the farther
you can
look forward.”

What is
a phone?

The
first one.

The first
smart one.

Same
three
parts.

What
is AI?

AI is:
a neural
network.

“The sky
is ...”

AI is:
code.

Pump.
Pump.
Pump.

Who's
talking?

Best.
Lemonade.
Ever.

Everyone
has a
stand.

The wrong
lemons.

More than
money.

What's in it
for them?

100 million
views.

Will it
kill us?

The bomb
didn't.

We'll
be fine.

People.
Not tech.

I'm
going
home.