"Amodei has been concerned about the catastrophic risks of AI for years. He has warned about the risks of AI helping people develop bioweapons or chemical weapons. He has warned about powerful AI escaping human control. He has warned about potential widespread job losses as AI becomes more capable and is adopted by more industries. And he has warned about the dangers of concentrated power and wealth as AI adoption grows."
"Among AI companies, Anthropic is known for having perhaps the greatest focus on AI safety-a focus that it has found has actually helped it gain commercial traction among big companies, as Fortune detailed in its January cover story on Amodei's company. This is because many of the steps Anthropic has taken to make sure its models don't pose catastrophic risks to humanity have also made these models more reliable and controllable-features that most businesses value."
Advanced AI is poised to hand humanity unprecedented power while social, political, and technological systems may lack the maturity to wield it. Key risks include enabling development of bioweapons or chemical weapons, loss of human control over powerful systems, widespread job displacement as capabilities and adoption grow, and concentration of power and wealth. Companies focused on AI safety, such as Anthropic, have implemented safeguards that also improve model reliability and controllability, creating commercial advantages. Communications about these risks can function simultaneously as urgent warnings and as signals that safety investment is a market differentiator.
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