From OfficeChai, Augus 16:
Amidst all the AI takes on X, there was one person who was conspicuously missing from the conversation — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. But a claim about Anthropic’s eventual ambitions has got him back to the platform.
The claim originated on the All-In podcast, where Atreides Management CIO Gavin Baker said he had been told by multiple people he trusts that Dario Amodei has, on more than one occasion, suggested Anthropic could end up being the only private company left in the world. “Internally, Anthropic is very confident,” Baker said on the podcast. “I have been told by multiple people I trust that Dario has said that Anthropic might be the only private company in the world at some point. Think about that. In this vision, an Anthropic maximalist vision, there’s Anthropic, and then there are governments, and that’s it.”
Baker made clear he wasn’t endorsing the idea. “I would probably take the under on them being the only private company in the world,” he said, adding that he doubted Anthropic would be landing rockets or delivering food anytime soon, a reference to SpaceX and delivery companies continuing to exist regardless of how far AI progresses. Fellow panelists were similarly skeptical. David Sacks called it “a negative signal because it’s so hubristic,” comparing it to “SBF land,” while Baker went further, saying “I would certainly discourage Dario from saying that ever again to anyone.”....
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Speaking of Sam Bankman-Fried I just saw that had he not been taken down for the frauds and conspiracies the Anthropic stake, at FTX Trading or Alameda Research, I've forgotten which, would be worth $40 billion.
