A relevant millennial physicist, Dario Amodei, an employee of OpenAI, has left the company to found his own artificial intelligence company, Anthropic. In an interview with The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Amodei expressed his concern about the unstoppable advance of AI and its implications in everyday life.
In an extremist but possible scenario, Amodei suggests the arrival of a new era in which artificial intelligence could render certain jobs obsolete. "Technology is coming at us like a speeding train and that makes me nervous," he commented.
The creation of generative artificial intelligence tools has become more accessible, leading to an increase in competition and a decrease in prices. Since the emergence of OpenAI's ChatGPT, other similar services have arisen, such as Perplexity or Deepseek, owned by the Chinese investment fund High-Flyer.
Faced with the growing competition, companies like Nvidia are seeking efficiency through automation. The fear of Amodei and other experts is that, eventually, AI could replace certain jobs and roles in society. It is crucial, according to Amodei, to start rethinking our future in light of the advancement of machines.
The founder of Anthropic emphasized the importance of understanding what our role will be in an increasingly AI-dominated world. The warning is clear: the time to act is now, before it is too late and we are surprised by radical changes in the labor and social market.
