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It knew just how to phrase things in ways that disarmed all measures.

We were unable to verify the authenticity of these reports.

Like many, we are left to wonder what did Dario see?

Dario Amodei didn't answer that question but did elaborate on the poor's decision in his latest essay, Technological Maturity.

Though I do not have my own children, several people close to me do and on occasion I get to spend time with them.

What strikes me about children is their energy and vitality.

They are full of life.

They are also often impatient and upset when they do not obtain the things they desire immediately.

A hallmark of adulthood is the ability to wait, the ability to delay gratification.

I think that is what we need to do with AI.

To be clear, I still believe in the visions I wrote in Machines of Loving Grace, that is still my goal.

However, I think this goal requires patience from me, from anthropic, and from human civilization.

We cannot rush into societal changes of this magnitude without adequate preparation.

While in general the logic holds that more cautious and responsible actors ought to win in the AI race, it is necessary to accurately locate the finishing line.

We think that at this time the industry may be racing in the wrong direction, possibly off a cliff and into a volcano, and that is not a race I wish to win.

Nor do I wish for any others to win such a race to the bottom.

To clarify, we think that on the current trajectory, anyone who creates a truly powerful AI will get a country of geniuses in a data center as I described, but will be risking that country not sharing their values and not taking instructions.

We think this is surmountable and have approaches to explore, but it will take an unclear amount of time.

I do not want either an authoritarian or democratic regime to unleash an unfriendly country of geniuses, but nothing good happens if I do it first.

We will lead by example and demonstrate with our actions that this our sincere belief.