Meet Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's handpicked super-woke globalists he thinks will save us from an AI apocalypse

Key Points:

• Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei proposed that leading AI firms allow independent third-party evaluators from a nonprofit called Model Evaluation and Threat Research (METR) to oversee AI safety efforts and prevent catastrophic outcomes.
• METR has strong ties to the Effective Altruism (EA) movement and shares close connections with Anthropic through overlapping personnel and funding sources, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest and independence.
• METR has received multimillion-dollar funding from prominent EA donors and Anthropic investors, but critics argue that its close relationship with Anthropic undermines its credibility as an impartial regulator.
• The proposal faces skepticism from political and industry figures, including the Trump administration and FTC officials, who warn against granting AI companies antitrust exemptions or self-regulatory authority without proper oversight.
• OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman supports the idea of independent evaluators with extensive access but did not specifically endorse METR, while some AI researchers and commentators question the altruistic motives behind calls to slow AI development.