On Nikhil Kamath’s podcast People by WTF, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei delivered a stark warning about artificial intelligence. Comparing the rapid rise of AI to a “tsunami on the horizon,” Amodei said society is dangerously underestimating how close models are to human-level intelligence. While he expressed optimism about breakthroughs in interpretability and AI alignment, he admitted disappointment over the lack of public awareness and government action on potential risks. According to Amodei, technical progress in controlling AI systems may be ahead of expectations, but societal readiness is lagging behind – even as what he describes as a transformative wave draws closer.
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