Why does the pressure driving AI toward dangerous applications often come from inside the system?
Replied byDario Amodei
Co-founders (CEO & President) at Anthropic
Niche: AI
Revenue: Approx. $390 Million/month
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Started: 2021
The pressure is not driven by bad actors. It comes from governments demanding defense applications, investors looking for returns, and competitors who signed off on those requests. Anthropic held the line, but we are only one company in a massive ecosystem.
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