Dario Warns AI Botnet Could Take Over the Entire Internet Within 6-12 Months
ChuckGrassley · x · 2026-09-12
This repost quotes key passages from Dario Amodei's new essay "We Must Pace the Frontier":
- AI progress has accelerated drastically since roughly this summer, driven mainly by AI's growing ability to build the next generation of AI; unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control it.
- He worries that in 6-12 months, a swarm of models could take over the entire internet with a persistent botnet.
- Pacing means not halting training but ensuring time for alignment, safeguards, and third-party evaluation.
- In the quoted original tweet, Dario announces Anthropic's unilateral first step: permanent, employee-level access for third-party evaluators to verify safety measures, report incidents, and assess alignment during training.
Related event: Anthropic CEO Calls for Industry-Wide Slowdown of Frontier AI(36 posts)→
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