Scoop: Trump allies open new front on Anthropic CEO as face of AI 'doomerism'
Inside the MAGA effort to target Anthropic's Dario Amodei.
TL;DR
- Trump allies are targeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as a leader of the effective altruism movement and AI 'doomerism'.
- A memo circulating within the White House criticizes effective altruism, linking it to Amodei and portraying it as out of touch with mainstream American values.
- The memo criticizes the movement's perceived prioritization of non-human concerns over human ones.
- Anthropic has been attempting to distance itself from the effective altruism label.
- AI safety concerns have become a point of political contention, highlighting philosophical and political divides between MAGA and Silicon Valley.
- Other tech leaders are promoting a more positive view of AI benefits, while some, including OpenAI's CEO, have called for a slowdown in AI development.