Dario Amodei

Dario Amodei is co-founder and CEO of Anthropic; he puts the chance of AI going really badly at around 25 percent and warns of misaligned autonomous systems, misuse for mass destruction, seizures of power and economic disruption.

Roles

2015 – 2016Research Scientist, Google BrainSource →
2016 – 2020Vice President of Research, OpenAISource →
2021 – presentCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer, AnthropicNamed among TIME's 100 most influential people in 2025 and 2026.Source →

On the record

26 Jan 2026 · Post · darioamodei.com
Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether our social, political, and technological systems possess the maturity to wield it.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic at the time
A 36-page essay on five risk categories; he also writes that "AI misalignment is a real risk with a measurable probability of happening."
The Adolescence of Technology →
17 Sept 2025 · Interview · Axios AI+ DC Summit
I think there's a 25% chance that things go really, really badly
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic at the time
Asked for his p(doom) by Axios's Jim VandeHei; the primary Axios report could not be fetched, so a TechRadar syndication is cited.
Anthropic's CEO gives 25% odds of AI going "really, really badly" for humanity. →
Oct 2024 · Post · darioamodei.com
I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI. … I think that most people are underestimating how bad the risks could be.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic at the time
An essay mostly about the upside, which he frames as what the risks stand between us and.
Machines of Loving Grace →
30 May 2023 · Statement · Center for AI Safety
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic at the time
Signed as CEO, Anthropic.
Statement on AI Risk →