Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on artificial intelligence firms to slow down the development of powerful technology on Saturday, amid mounting concerns over the risks of "superintelligent" systems and the threats they might pose to the future of humanity.
His comments came a few days after AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who left OpenAI to join Anthropic, decided to leave the industry, accusing both U.S. companies of "gambling with our lives" in the race to develop models capable of self-improvement.
"We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models," Amodei said in a detailed blog post.
OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Elon Musk, who owns xAI, quickly chimed in to say they agreed with Amodei's assessment, as pressure builds for improved oversight.
Amodei argued that the artificial intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Without such a slowdown, he warned that within six to 12 months, AI could be capable of leading a swarm of agents that could take over the entire internet.
