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Anthropic CEO goes full techno-optimist in 15,000-word paean to AI
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants you to know he's not an AI "doomer." At least, that's my read of the "mic drop" of a ~15,000 word essay Amodei published
In broad strokes, Amodei paints a picture of a world in which all AI risks are mitigated, and the tech delivers heretofore unrealized prosperity, social uplift, and abundance. Consider that the AI deployed in healthcare today has been shown to be biased and risky in a number of ways, or otherwise incredibly difficult to implement in existing clinical and lab settings. Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and others have noted the labor disruptions caused by AI could further concentrate wealth in the hands of companies and leave workers with less power than ever.
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