Anthropic CEO says AI trust relies on 'curing cancer', Musk comments

2026-08-17 08:53

Amodai

On August 17th Beijing time, according to Business Insider, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei stated that,The best way to win the support of AI skeptics is to fulfill those extravagant promises of AI.

Amodai made a rare post on X last Saturday, acknowledging the public's distrust of AI and stating that the industry can only change this situation by making concrete scientific breakthroughs.

At present, it is more clich é to say that AI can cure cancer than to say it is inspiring, and most people believe that this is just a cover up, "wrote Amodai." The most fair criticism of AI companies such as Anthropic is that we have not yet fulfilled our grand promises to benefit the world. ”

The effective way to truly win public trust is to cure cancerHe added.

As OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for their expected IPOs, their executives have shifted their focus from AI "doomsday theory" to "prosperity theory". However, Amodai stated in last Saturday's X post that,He believes that his warning is not the reason for the public's distrust of AI.

I disagree with the statement that my remarks are too negative, "he wrote.

Musk commented that this was an interesting exchange

Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the post posted by Amodai, saying it was an "interesting exchange". At present,The relationship between Musk and Anthropic is getting better and better, with both parties having previously reached a data center leasing agreement.(Author/Xiao Yu)

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