Baker reports hearing from multiple sources that Dario Amodei believes Anthropic could become the only private company in the world, with only governments remaining.
“Internally, Anthropic is very confident. I have been told by multiple people I trust that Dario has said that Anthropic might be the only private company in the world at some point. Think about that. In this vision, an Anthropic maximalist vision, there's Anthropic, and then there are governments, and that's it. So there's a lot of confidence. I'm sure they have more advanced checkpoints than Fable up their sleeve. They've executed really, really well. I would probably take the under on them being the only private company in the world. Yeah, I think it's gonna be a long time before they land a rocket.”
Baker says he would discourage Dario Amodei from repeating a particular statement to anyone.
“I would certainly discourage Dario from saying that ever again to anyone.”
Baker advises Dario not to repeat a particular statement to anyone.
“I would certainly discourage Dario from saying that ever again to anyone.”
Baker says he was told by multiple trusted sources that Dario believes Anthropic could be the only company left in the world.
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Baker notes someone described Dario Amodei as having resting smiling face while discussing dark AI scenarios.
“He seems like a great guy, you know? Although it is funny, somebody said he was cursed with resting smiling face, and it is a little weird to listen to him talk about this terrible vision for humanity while he's smiling happily.”
Baker says multiple serious Silicon Valley figures have heard and believe claims about Dario that align with his public statements.
“@_sholtodouglas Sholto, thank you for setting the record straight. Larger issue is that multiple very serious people in Silicon Valley have heard some variation of this and believe it to be true. And the reason it is believable to so many is that it is consistent with Dario’s pub… / X Post Log in Sign up Post Gavin Baker on X: ”
Baker advises Dario Amodei to stop making certain statements to anyone.
“I would certainly discourage Dario from saying that ever again to anyone.”
Baker says Dario Amodei's public statements have inadvertently helped efforts to ban data centers in the United States.
“Dario’s messaging has been massively helpful to efforts to ban data centers here in America.”