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AnthropicâÂÂs Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
Saturday Night Live took on the AI industryâÂÂs recent warnings of doom last night, as cast member Jane Wickline offered her impression of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
Weekend Update host Michael Che â who sounded a little uncertain about how to pronounce AmodeiâÂÂs last name â kicked the segment off by describing the CEO as having âÂÂstumbled through a press tourâ where he seemingly agreed with a former employeeâÂÂs claim that artificial intelligence might destroy humanity.
WicklineâÂÂs version of Amodei sported an impressive wig and delivered halting answers that occasionally devolved into full-on Gollum-style exchanges with their dark side, at one point confessing, âÂÂAI is the devil and I its maker.âÂÂ
Wickline-as-Amodei assured the audiences that AI executives âÂÂare all on the same page here: We do not condone what we are doing.âÂÂ
âÂÂAI is not a weapon, itâÂÂs a tool: A tool for building weapons,â she declared. âÂÂAnd I urge you to urge me to stop.âÂÂ
As for the technologyâÂÂs supposed benefits, like potentially curing cancer, the fictional Amodei said, âÂÂPut it this way: In 10 years, thereâÂÂs about a 10% chance that cancer wonâÂÂt be a problem for anyone.âÂÂ
