The essence of our values, is that we have to find a way to win, in a way that preserves those values. We can't just be a total race to the bottom. W… - Dario Amodei

The figure I most identified with was Leo Szilard, who was the one who first had the idea that there could be a chain reaction. My view is we're not going to get through this with larger-than-life personalities, or figures who try to be at the center of everything. In some ways I actually see Oppenheimer as a failure case — as what should not happen. There are a lot of powerful actors who have interests here, and the only way it's going to end well for everyone is if there are checks and balances everywhere.

Something really big is happening to humanity here. While the technology is being built by a small number of people, we need to make it work for everyone and we need to make sure that between all of us we make the right decisions.

When we started this company, there were seven co-founders, of which me and Daniela are two. And now we're basically the only company in the space that has all of its co-founders still here. That almost never happens.