Dario Amodei
Role at the time: Chief executive of Anthropic, interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CNN
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Asked by Anderson Cooper about Jacob Coxon's resignation, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said he agrees with Coxon more than he disagrees, and characterised the resignation as aimed at the pace of the industry as a whole rather than at Anthropic, noting that Coxon had described Anthropic as the most responsible player and the most aware of the issues. Amodei added that he saw some chance of things going wrong but not a high one, and argued it is more useful to think about which paths the industry takes than to assign a single probability.
“I agree with Jacob much more than I disagree with him, you know, and you know, it's an interesting resignation because when he left, he said, you know, I think Anthropic is the most responsible player, right?”