Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. · Tom's Hardware
Anthropic CEO signals of AI-driven botnet 'swarm' taking over the entire internet
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The progress of artificial intelligence technologies in recent years is undeniable, and its pace is pretty much unbelievable.
Key facts
- Dario Amodei's vision is to a large degree shared by Evan Hubinger, an AI scientist who exited Anthropic recently, who then said there was a 10% chance humanity was set for extinction by the end
- In universes created by James Cameron (Terminator) and Frank Herbert (Dune), AI is posed as a dangerous invention
- The findings echo two rather different warnings from science fiction: James Cameron's Terminator showed the consequences of losing control over autonomous military AI, whereas Frank Herbert’s Dune
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Summary
"Given the accelerating rate of AI capability development, it is their worry that in 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage), and that the scale of damage would continue to increase from there if AI becomes more powerful without the necessary guardrails," Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, wrote in an open letter. Dario Amodei's vision is to a large degree shared by Evan Hubinger, an AI scientist who exited Anthropic recently, who then said there was a 10% chance humanity was set for extinction by the end of the decade. In universes created by James Cameron (Terminator) and Frank Herbert (Dune), AI is posed as a dangerous invention.