Unsupervised Learning Ep 20: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the Future of AGI, Leading Anthropic, and AI Doom Chances
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Oct 16, 2023 
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, discusses his predictions for the future of AI, including AGI, in 2024 and beyond. He shares his thoughts on AI safety, bias reduction, responsible scaling, and the potential risks and benefits of AI technology. They also touch on the formation of Anthropic, their business focus, and their responsible scaling plan for AI models. Dario emphasizes the importance of interpretability and steerability in training models and discusses the challenges and risks associated with AI technology.
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Dario's Origin Story in AI
- Dario Amodei transitioned from physics to AI after being inspired by the rapid scaling of compute and neural nets.
- Joining OpenAI in 2016, he contributed significantly to GPT-2 and GPT-3 developments.
Intertwined Scaling and Safety
- AI scaling and safety are intertwined since safety is itself a task the models do.
- Improving a model’s capabilities also enables better understanding and control for safety.
Build AI for Tomorrow
- Think long term when adopting AI technology, envisioning capabilities one to two years ahead.
- Skate where the puck is going and build solutions that anticipate future model improvements.