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id: 20260915-T0-13
title: "Bryan Cantrill回应Anthropic前员工：AI恐惧正在像病毒一样传染"
title_en: "Bryan Cantrill on AI Fear: 'The Contagion of Fear' Spreads Among Researchers"
url: https://ai.daily.yangsir.net/daily/20260915-T0-13
issue_date: 2026-09-15
publish_date: 2026-09-14T21:18:13.000Z
category: insight
source_name: "Simon Willison"
source_url: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/14/the-contagion-of-fear/
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# Bryan Cantrill回应Anthropic前员工：AI恐惧正在像病毒一样传染

Bryan Cantrill 回应了 Anthropic 前员工 Jacob Coxon 的推文，后者证实许多 Anthropic 研究人员相信AI"可能在本十年末杀死我们所有人"。Cantrill 分享了自己年轻时因技术失误引发非技术人员不必要恐慌的经历，以此类比当前AI恐惧情绪的传播。他的核心论点是，对AI风险的过度恐慌可能像病毒一样在群体中蔓延，造成不理性的判断。

## English Version

**Bryan Cantrill on AI Fear: 'The Contagion of Fear' Spreads Among Researchers**

Bryan Cantrill responds to a tweet by former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who confirmed that many Anthropic researchers believe AI "could kill us all by the end of the decade." Cantrill shares a story of his own youthful mistakes that caused unjustified panic among less technical people, drawing a parallel to how AI fear spreads. His central point: excessive panic over AI risk can spread contagiously through groups, producing irrational judgments.

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**来源**：[Simon Willison](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/14/the-contagion-of-fear/)

**详情页**：https://ai.daily.yangsir.net/daily/20260915-T0-13

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