People by WTF The AI Tsunami is Here & Society Isn't Ready | Dario Amodei x Nikhil Kamath | People by WTF
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Feb 24, 2026 
Dario Amodei, AI researcher and Anthropic co-founder who led development of Claude, reflects on AI’s rapid rise. He discusses withheld models, whether AI could become conscious, concentration of power in AI, risks of de-skilling, and why critical thinking may be our last human edge. Short, sharp conversations range from scaling laws to biotech as the next AI-driven frontier.
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Use Governance And Regulation To Balance AI Power
- Push for sensible regulation and governance to prevent concentration of power in a few AI firms.
- Anthropic created a Long-Term Benefit Trust to appoint independent board members and advocates for proactive regulation despite commercial cost.
Avoid Ad-Funded Personal AI To Prevent Exploitation
- Avoid ad-funded models because personalization plus ads can enable exploitation; prefer paid models to align incentives.
- Dario explains ads make users the product and a model that knows you well could be used to manipulate or sell you.
Anthropic Withheld Claude 1 To Slow An Arms Race
- Anthropic withheld an early working Claude 1 release before ChatGPT to avoid kicking off an arms race.
- The delay was commercially costly but intended to buy months for safety work; the team released only after others moved forward.