Dario Amodei's Former Physics Teacher: He Was in the 'End of the World Camp' Over Y2K
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-25
Polymarket relays a revelation from Dario Amodei's former physics teacher: back around 2000, the future Anthropic CEO feared the Y2K bug could cause catastrophic disruption, and was described as being in the "end of the world camp."
The anecdote offers an early footnote to Amodei's long-standing stance on catastrophic AI risk — his concerns predate AI entirely.
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