AI Engineer Quits Anthropic, Turns to Poetry Warning World is in Peril

• Mrinank Sharma, an Indian-origin AI safety researcher, resigned from Anthropic, a leading AI company.
• His departure, announced on X, hints at deep concerns about interconnected global crises and the need for human wisdom to match technological power.
• Sharma, with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge, suggests a disconnect between Anthropic's public AI safety stance and internal practices.
• He plans to pursue writing and poetry, believing poetic truth can complement scientific truth in understanding the world's challenges.
• His exit adds to a growing trend of AI researchers leaving major companies over ethical and value-based concerns, echoing Timnit Gebru's departure from Google.