Dario Amodei’s ‘SNL’ treatment cements him as the face of AI doomerism

Dario Amodei is having a moment. The 43-year-old CEO of Anthropic has been making headlines for weeks after repeatedly advocating for greater regulation and a slower pace of AI development—despite the fact that his company is one of the largest AI developers in the world. This weekend, that discourse exploded even further in the cultural zeitgeist: On Thursday, Axios circulated a White House memo designed to push back on Amodei’s AI safety warnings ahead of the midterm elections; on...