Dario Amodei predicts AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years and has publicly warned of major economic upheaval. He opposed a proposed 10-year state-level AI regulation moratorium and successfully saw that provision removed during legislative negotiations. Amodei has clashed with Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang over export controls, advocating U.S. restrictions that affect chip sales to China. He rejects the 'doomer' label, stating risk focus aims to protect a fundamentally positive future. Under his leadership, Anthropic has grown from underdog to a central competitor in the AI race.
While Meta and others in Big Tech pushed Congress for a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations, Amodei argued against it in a New York Times op-ed. (His side won, the provision was stripped before President Donald Trump's sweeping "Big Beautiful Bill" became law.) Amodei has clashed with Nvidia and its CEO, Jensen Huang, including by pushing for US-imposed export controls on AI that Huang needs to be lifted or at the very least reduced so Nvidia can sell advanced chips in China.
"People sometimes draw the conclusion that I'm a pessimist or 'doomer' who thinks AI will be mostly bad or dangerous," Amodei wrote in a much-discussed 2024 essay. "I don't think that at all. In fact, one of my main reasons for focusing on risks is that they're the only thing standing between us and what I see as a fundamentally positive future."
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