Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough.

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Doescher, T. L. (2026, September 20). Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4728609/trump-understands-real-artificial-intelligence-risk/

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Democrats in Washington are pushing for stricter regulations on AI, following concerns raised by researchers like Jacob Coxon, a young scientist at Anthropic who worries about the existential risks posed by advanced AI technologies. Concurrently, there is another narrative emerging where figures like former President Trump argue that the real risk lies in AI not being powerful enough, suggesting a divide over how to approach the development and regulation of artificial intelligence.

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Recently in Washington, Democrats aligned with leaders of leading AI labs to push for stricter regulations on AI development and slower progress due to safety concerns. This movement began after Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher at Anthropic who had been there for only four months, quit his job and warned publicly that artificial intelligence could potentially pose existential risks to humanity.

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Anthropic Democrats Washington

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Washington GPE · 2× Anthropic ORG · 1× Democrats NORP · 1× Jacob Coxon PERSON · 1×

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First, Democrats marched in lockstep behind the leaders of the nation’s frontier AI labs, who called for Washington to regulate the industry and slow down development.

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Doomers worry AI is too powerful. Trump understands the real risk is if it’s not powerful enough. · mixed framing

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Two seemingly unrelated stories have recently taken Washington by storm. asserted

stories → take → storm

First, Democrats marched in lockstep behind the leaders of the nation’s frontier AI labs, who called for Washington to regulate the industry and slow down development. asserted

Washington → march → development

This campaign was kick-started when Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old Anthropic researcher of four months, resigned from the company and publicly announced that artificial intelligence may kill us all. uncertain

intelligence → kick → us