"The people building these systems—Sam Altman, #DarioAmodei, Elon Musk, Demis Hassabis—have made it clear that everybody from writers and actors to tax accountants and war strategists are on the chopping block. Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of #Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.

“In terms of pure intelligence,” he wrote in his 2024 chapbook Machines of Loving Grace, AI would soon be “smarter than a Nobel Prize winner across most relevant fields—biology, programming, math, engineering, writing, etc.”

When will that happen? In late 2024, he told podcaster Lex Fridman, “We’ll get there by 2026 or 2027.”"

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The Founder of Anthropic Says He Wants to Protect Humanity From AI. Just Don't Ask How.

In search of Dario Amodei, the Anthropic founder whose battle with Sam Altman could reshape civilization, Joe Hagan embarks on an odyssey through the tech cults, founder co-ops, and conscience of the AI revolution

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