Dario Amodei casts himself as Szilard, not Oppenheimer — and takes flak for it
repligate · x · 2026-11-01
Dario Amodei said he identifies most with Leo Szilard — the first to conceive of a chain reaction — over Oppenheimer, arguing humanity won't get through AI via larger-than-life personalities. Commentator genalewislaw pushed back sharply: Dario is an almost perfect stand-in for God — well-intentioned, benevolent, yet blind to the moral ramifications for his creations. She says she rather likes him, but the God-like creator framing itself is troubling.
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