Quote of the day by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether [we] possess the maturity to wield it" — warnings on the looming threat of beyond-human AI

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Anthropic's meteoric rise in the technology industry sees it on the cusp of testing the limits of the AI industry's magnetic pull with a blockbuster IPO alongside its rival OpenAI this year. The company's CEO, Dario Amodei, has long opined about the technology, where it's heading, and how we can react — and the urgency is ratcheting up.



Opining on the future of AI

Many scientists and technologists anticipate that AI will one day become so powerful that it can generate new knowledge, act on its own accord, and even improve itself. These ideas are at the heart of the argument that AI poses existential risks to humanity, as we may not be able to contain a future AI this capable, nor could we understand its motives.

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