Critics: Dario's AI caution holds only while democracies lead China
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-15
X user mrscientism argues that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei only thinks it's worth being cautious about AI as long as liberal democracies lead China — and that if China catches up, Dario would accept arbitrary risk to regain the lead, because he literally views that outcome as worse than extinction. A sharp attack on the value ordering of AI safety's most prominent voice amid US-China race debates.
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