At Salesforce's Dreamforce conference, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing AI development and implementing third-party safety evaluators, while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued against deceleration. The debate reflects broader industry tensions over AI safety, with OpenAI's Sam Altman emphasizing security rigor and Donald Trump dismissing AI concerns as a hoax.
Anthropic executives have made alarming claims about AI risks, including a 10% chance of human extinction and the possibility of AI creating internet-destroying botnets within months. However, experts including AI researchers, cybersecurity professors, and critics from competing firms dismiss these claims as exaggerated or scientifically unfounded, arguing that major internet infrastructure is resilient and that humans ultimately control AI systems.