If the AI Industry Followed Its Own Research, It Might Have Paused Already

Anthropic's CEO says that safety hinges on understanding how AI "thinks." So far the evidence is disturbing. In early 2025 I was interviewing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei when he explained why, despite the company's repeated acknowledgments that AI could yield catastrophic results, people seemed largely unperturbed. "There is compelling evidence that the models can wreak havoc," he said. But, he added, those dangers were still theoretical.