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Anthropic CEO says the way for AI to win over the public is to cure cancer

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-public-opinion-cure-cancer-2026-8
8•wertyk•31m ago

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Aboutplants•23m ago
Prove it
leftouterjoins•14m ago
Maybe he could convince some by picking up a cigarette habit.
giancarlostoro•1m ago
Sam Altman made a similar remark, in the case of Sam Altman though, GPT has been making breakthroughs in mathematics which is rather impressive, I could see AI helping to unlock more about cancer.
owebmaster•21m ago
As Amodei goes getting more attention, he shows that he's as disconnected from the real world as Sam Altman.
Avicebron•10m ago
He's at least vocalizing he understands there is a crisis of trust. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49323245
owebmaster•6m ago
Then goes to say people want the cure for cancer from AI. People wanna good jobs, a place to live without paying rent and free time to enjoy life.
bamboozled•12m ago
The way for AI to win over the public is for it not to be used to ruin peoples lives, kill people (autonomous weapons) and exacerbate the climate crisis just so a handful of rich people can get richer.

Even if cancer was solved, those problems would still exist because it's not about betterment of our rae. It's about rich people trying to get richer, everyone knows that, and that's why people hate it.

Edit, I should mention, it's being used to ruin the internet too with "slop".

Barrin92•3m ago
I love that they're at this point not only adopting the apocalyptic worldview of Millenarian religious cults but also the faith healing marketing strategy. Waiting for the day when the first AI bot makes someone walk out of a wheelchair after speaking in tongues

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