Gary Marcus: three ways Dario Amodei blew his credibility in seven days
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-19
Gary Marcus argues Dario Amodei damaged his credibility: his 'pace the frontier' pledge relies on questionable 'independent' monitors (METR, and Accenture already doing business with Anthropic); and Anthropic quietly built a Bay Area wet biology lab where Claude directs lab robots, reportedly without standard IRB oversight — risks Marcus calls Jurassic Park-like.
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