Anthropic’s CEO issues dire AI warning. Here’s what he’s doing wrong.

In a new 38-page essay published on his personal website, Dario Amodei, CEO and co-founder of Anthropic, argues for urgent action to address the risks of superintelligent AI.

Amodei writes that this kind of self-improving AI could be just a year or two away – and warns that risks include enslavement and “mass destruction” of humanity.

The essay “The Adolescence of Technology” addresses known and unknown AI risks. The CEO talks at length about the potential for AI-powered bioterrorism, drone armies controlled by malevolent AI, and AI making human workers obsolete on a society-wide scale.

To address these risks, Amodei proposes various interventions – from self-regulation within the AI ​​industry to amending the US Constitution.

Amodei’s essay is…