Reply to 'no acceleration essay' resurfaces Dario's Machines of Loving Grace
anpaure · x · 2026-09-13
Responding to a claim that Dario Amodei only writes "decel essays," a user links his October 2024 essay Machines of Loving Grace. Dario argues he is no doomer: he focuses on risks precisely to secure a radically positive AI future, sketching concrete upside scenarios (health, neuroscience, economic growth) while explaining why Anthropic emphasizes risks — development is market-driven and near-inevitable, but risks are actionable, so risk talk maximizes leverage.
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