Dario Amodei calls AI progress a 'warning sign' urging slowdown, draws fierce backlash
QuixiAI · x · 2026-09-17
In a CBS interview airing September 13 on Sunday Morning, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he 'didn't fully appreciate what it would actually be like when the progress was as fast as it was,' calling current AI developments a 'warning sign' and arguing 'we need to slow down.' The reaction online was hostile: reposter @TheAhmadOsman called him 'evil personified' and urged people not to trust 'a single word' he says, reflecting growing community skepticism toward his public messaging.
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