Q&A: Talking with local policy expert on potential AI crash

Illustrations Of AI Applications — In this photo illustration, the homepages of AI apps ChatGPT by OpenAI (L) and Claude by Anthropic are displayed on the screens of devices on September 16, 2026 in London, England.
Photo illustration: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Dario Amodei — CEO of AI tech giant Anthropic — penned an essay earlier this month calling for slowdown of AI development, arguing that continuing at the current pace without clear regulations could pose serious dangers to humanity.

“Given the accelerating rate of AI capability development, it’s my 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,” Amodei wrote.

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