Anthropic CEO warns AI’s ‘adolescence’ will test humanity, urges wealth taxes and a rethink of work

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei argues in a lengthy essay that AI’s advancing power will test humanity and calls for remedies beyond safety, including a progressive wealth tax, philanthropy by tech leaders, and retooling workers rather than simply cutting jobs. He highlights Anthropic’s safety-focused “constitution” for Claude, urges enterprises to pursue innovation alongside cost savings, and outlines pathways for employee transitions, while advocating government intervention and billionaire philanthropy to mitigate economic disruption; he also notes forecasts of significant early-career job displacement and a near-term milestone for human-level AI.