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Jacob (Anthropic researcher)
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diff --git a/wiki/characters/jacob-anthropic.md b/wiki/characters/jacob-anthropic.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1289d4c4 @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: Jacob (Anthropic researcher) +type: character +status: confirmed +aliases: [Jacob] +sources: + - raw/episodes/timmy-tether-guest-hosts-bugle-weekly/bundle.json +--- + +Jacob is a former [[companies/anthropic|Anthropic]] AI-safety researcher identified only by his first name in [[episodes/timmy-tether-guest-hosts-bugle-weekly|Timmy Tether Guest Hosts Bugle Weekly]]. [[characters/timmy-tether|Timmy Tether]] says Jacob quit and put a ten-percent probability on AI killing humanity.[^forecast] + +Timmy interprets the ensuing television tour as [[bits/kayfabe|kayfabe]] aimed at older viewers who want the United States to win an AI race against China.[^tour] The later clanker recap repeats that interpretation while keeping it explicitly attached to Timmy’s argument.[^recap] + +The source gives no surname. This page does not supply one. + +[^forecast]: [[transcripts/timmy-tether-guest-hosts-bugle-weekly#t-175|Timmy Tether Guest Hosts Bugle Weekly @ 2:55]]. Jacob’s first name and forecast are at 3:08. +[^tour]: [[transcripts/timmy-tether-guest-hosts-bugle-weekly#t-188|Timmy Tether Guest Hosts Bugle Weekly @ 3:08]]. +[^recap]: [[transcripts/timmy-tether-guest-hosts-bugle-weekly#t-995|Timmy Tether Guest Hosts Bugle Weekly @ 16:35]].