“So one extreme side of the spectrum is build things as fast as possible, release things as much as possible, maximize technological progress [...].
The other extreme position, which I also have some sympathy for, despite it being the absolutely opposite position, is you know, Oh my god this stuff is really scary.
The most extreme version of it was, you know, we should just pause, we should just stop, we should just stop building the technology for, indefinitely, or for some specified period of time. [...] And you know, that extreme position doesn’t make much sense to me either.”
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, explaining his company’s “Responsible Scaling Policy” on the Logan Bartlett Podcast on Oct 6, 2023.
This example is not a claim by ARC though, seems important to keep track of this in a discussion of what ARC did or didn’t claim, even as others making such claims is also relevant.
In terms of explicit claims:
“So one extreme side of the spectrum is build things as fast as possible, release things as much as possible, maximize technological progress [...].
The other extreme position, which I also have some sympathy for, despite it being the absolutely opposite position, is you know, Oh my god this stuff is really scary.
The most extreme version of it was, you know, we should just pause, we should just stop, we should just stop building the technology for, indefinitely, or for some specified period of time. [...] And you know, that extreme position doesn’t make much sense to me either.”
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, explaining his company’s “Responsible Scaling Policy” on the Logan Bartlett Podcast on Oct 6, 2023.
Starts at around 49:40.
This example is not a claim by ARC though, seems important to keep track of this in a discussion of what ARC did or didn’t claim, even as others making such claims is also relevant.