Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: 25% Chance AI could be catastrophic, 75% chance it could thrive

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has highlighted both the risks and potential benefits of artificial intelligence, stating there is a 25 per cent chance that AI could lead to catastrophic outcomes, but a 75 per cent chance it could produce highly positive results, at the Axios AI + DC Summit.

Amodei explained that by “really, really badly,” he was not referring to minor issues like autocorrect errors, but to scenarios capable of destabilising societal systems, creating existential threats, or leading to severe misuse of AI.

He has previously warned that…