Anthropic CEO goes full techno-optimist in 15,000-word paean to AI

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants you to know he’s not an AI “doomer.”

At least, that’s my read of the “mic drop” of a ~15,000 word essay Amodei published to his blog late Friday. (I tried asking Anthropic’s Claude chatbot whether it concurred, but alas, the post exceeded the free plan’s length limit.)

In broad strokes, Amodei paints a picture of a world in which all AI risks are mitigated, and the tech delivers heretofore unrealized prosperity, social uplift, and abundance.  — Read More

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CISA official: AI tools ‘need to have a human in the loop’

An abbreviated rundown of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s artificial intelligence work goes something like this: a dozen use cases, a pair of completed AI security tabletop exercises and a robust roadmap for how the technology should be used.

Lisa Einstein, who took over as CISA’s first chief AI officer in August and has played a critical role in each of those efforts, considers herself an optimist when it comes to the technology’s potential, particularly as it relates to cyber defenses. But speaking Wednesday at two separate events in Washington, D.C., Einstein mixed that optimism with a few doses of caution. — Read More

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