When Knees Buckle, then Bend, then Break

As painful as it is to watch Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in this clip with Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, you have to imagine it's infinitely more painful for him to be there, giving the interview. A few days ago, he was out there – well, on Slack – shooting off defiant messages like he's Theon Greyjoy. Then, as if before our eyes, he transforms into Reek.

That's harsh. But the transformation is that, um, stark. The reality here is that Amodei had no choice. His mistake was in thinking that he did...

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