Trump allies target Anthropic's Amodei as AI 'doomerism' face — SkimNews
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- Trump allies are targeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei as the face of AI "doomerism" in a new line of political attack
- Amodei is also being cast as a founding father of the effective altruism movement, which the source says has come under increasing political fire
- Anthropic could remain a Trump target as his allies escalate their pushback, per the source's stated implication
- The attacks frame Amodei personally rather than focusing on policy disputes, using the "doomerism" label to tie AI safety advocacy to the controversial EA movement
Why it matters: By personalizing the fight against AI safety advocacy through Amodei, Trump's allies are signaling that regulatory pressure on AI companies won't be limited to legislation — it will also run through culture-war framing of the executives themselves. That matters because CEO-level political targeting raises the cost of public AI-safety advocacy industry-wide and could chill other lab leaders from speaking on existential risk.
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