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Dario Amodei — The Adolescence of Technology

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Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI

The Adolescence of Technology The Adolescence of Technology Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI January 2026 There is a scene in the movie version of Carl Sagan’s book Contact where the main character, an astronomer who has detected the first radio signal from an alien civilization, is being considered for the role of humanity’s representative to meet the aliens. The international panel interviewing her asks, “If you could ask [the aliens] just one question, what would it be?” Her reply is: “I’d ask them, ‘How did you do it? How did you evolve, how did you survive this technolo

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