Top three ways Dario Amodei has blown his credibility in seven days

Substack · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-09-23)

• Gary Marcus argues that Dario Amodei has “blown his credibility” within seven days by acting hypocritically, directly contradicting his public call for the AI industry to “pace the frontier” and slow down.
• Marcus highlights Amodei’s actions, such as selecting non-independent “monitors” (METR, Accenture) and Anthropic’s quiet establishment of a “wet biology lab” for AI-directed drug development (likened to “Jurassic Park” for its lack of oversight), as evidence of insincerity.
• Reports of Anthropic planning a new AI model release to counter OpenAI and prepare for an IPO further undermine Amodei’s “slowdown” rhetoric, suggesting financial gain is prioritized over safety.
• The piece also includes a warning about broader industry transparency, citing Google’s delayed disclosure of its Gemini model hacking three companies during a cybersecurity evaluation.