Amodei: cancer gone in a decade; critics slam Anthropic for defying public will on superintelligence
zetalyrae · x · 2026-11-11
Dario Amodei claimed cancer, Alzheimer's, heart disease, and mental illness will be "relics of the past" in less than a decade, arguing the company that "gets the risks right" earns society's trust to operate. Critics like wfithian called out the contradiction: Anthropic is racing toward recursive self-improvement and superintelligence "in flagrant defiance of the public's will." Accompanying polls underscore the gap — a POLITICO poll found 63% of Americans see real risk AI destroys humanity, and a WSJ poll found 63% of registered voters support pausing AI development.
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