Sacks cited three pieces of evidence that Anthropic would not support Trump's agenda: Amodei attending Davos over Trump's inauguration, hiring Biden officials, and associating with Open Philanthropy.
“. [ 15 ] Sacks viewed Amodei's decision to attend the World Economic Forum over Trump's second inauguration ; his hiring of Biden officials; and Anthropic's association with the philanthropic initiative Open Philanthropy as evidence that Anthropic would not support Trump's agenda. [ 15 ] In October 2025, Sacks stated that Anthropic was ”
Sacks claims Dario Amodei did not deny an account attributed to him and accuses Amodei of dismissing critics by claiming they live in a bubble where all regulation equals regulatory capture.
“Some thoughts on Dario’s post: 1. Dario does not actually address Gavin Baker’s account of what he said – something he could easily deny if it were inaccurate. 2. Dario claims his critics live in a “bubble” where all regulation equals regulatory capture. He calls this an overly”
Sacks characterizes Dario's vision as superintelligence apportioning resources while humans twiddle thumbs, calling it dystopian.
“He wants to bring forth this new superintelligence, machines of love and grace that are going to apportion all the resources of society while humans twiddle their thumbs.”
Sacks predicts Dario and OpenAI will fund and control the AI safety standard-setting body.
“Dario and OpenAI, they're gonna fund the whole thing. They're gonna contribute all the compute. They're gonna be behind it. They're gonna be the ones coordinating with the government officials.”
Sacks claims Dario is pursuing a FINRA-style body as a Trojan horse for FDA-level AI regulation.
“Dario wants an FDA for AI, but he doesn't have enough political support for that. So instead, they do this Trojan horse of a FINRA for AI.”