Anthropic CEO Amodei Opposes 'Too Blunt' AI Moratorium in NYT Op-Ed
Congress should reject the proposed 10-year moratorium on enforcement of state AI laws, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday in a New York Times editorial (see 2506030068).
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The 10-year moratorium is “far too blunt an instrument,” he wrote. “A.I. is advancing too head-spinningly fast ... these systems could change the world, fundamentally, within two years; in 10 years, all bets are off.”
The motivation behind the moratorium -- to protect innovation against a patchwork of state laws -- is “understandable,” but blocking state enforcement without a clear federal framework “would give us the worst of both worlds -- no ability for states to act, and no national policy as a backstop.”