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The Founder of Anthropic Says He Wants to Protect Humanity From AI. Just Don't Ask How. | Vanity Fair

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In search of Dario Amodei, the Anthropic founder whose battle with Sam Altman could reshape civilization, Joe Hagan embarks on an odyssey through the tech cults, founder co-ops, and conscience of the AI revolution

Save this story Save this story It’s a cold night in January and I’ve got trouble on my mind. I call up Tobey. “Tobey, how’s it going?” “Hi, Joe, just chilling. What’s up?” We’d just spent a disorienting week in San Francisco, asking tech workers what the future holds and how Tobey and I fit into it. “We definitely had an adventure,” Tobey recalls. “Especially with that delayed flight. But we made it. Still feeling the weight of it all? Those conversations were pretty deep.” Everyone we met seemed to be living a few steps ahead of reality. Like the guy who arranged to have his brain frozen aft

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