Dario Amodei
CEO of Anthropic
Half Italian/ Half Jewish- looks like a cartoon jew.
Guy is super smart, was a physics Olympian
Gets PHD studying brains
After getting his PHD he works for Chicom Baidu,
Then Google, then Open AI
He meteorically rises up open AI's corporate ladder suspiciously. Then splits off from Open AI in part due to a spat with CEO Sam Altman (Jewish, gay)
He founds Anthropic, the number 2 AI company right now, because of "safety" whatever that means.
Recently Pentagon kicked Anthropic out of the military, allegedly.
Everything about this guy seems shadow banned, it's hard to find out any details. Dude is very sus.
So Anthropic is set up with a quasi-secret board called the long term benefit trust which can overrule the board of directors. This board is run by a who is who of interlocking government and government contractors. Essentially what has been called "the deep state." This is not a normal thing, in fact I have never heard of any company with a board above the board. It basically proves that anthropic isn't a real independent company.
Here are the members of the board and who selected them:
Meet the Initial Trustees
The initial Trustees are:Jason Matheny: CEO of the RAND Corporation
Kanika Bahl: CEO & President of Evidence Action
Neil Buddy Shah: CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (Chair)
Paul Christiano: Founder of the Alignment Research Center
Zach Robinson: Interim CEO of Effective Ventures USThe Anthropic board chose these initial Trustees after a year-long search and interview process to surface individuals who exhibit thoughtfulness, strong character, and a deep understanding of the risks, benefits, and trajectory of AI and its impacts on society. Trustees serve one-year terms and future Trustees will be elected by a vote of the Trustees. We are honored that this founding group of Trustees chose to accept their places on the Trust, and we believe they will provide invaluable insight and judgment.
[1] An earlier version of the Trust, which was then called the “Long-Term Benefit Committee,” was written into our Series A investment documents in 2021, but since the committee was not slated to elect its first director until 2023, we took the intervening time to red-team and improve the legal structure and to carefully consider candidate selection. The current LTBT is the result.
[2] The Trust structure was designed and “red teamed” with immeasurable assistance by John Morley of Yale Law School, David Berger, Amy Simmerman, and other lawyers from Wilson Sonsini, and by Noah Feldman and Seth Berman from Harvard Law School and Ethical Compass Advisors.
Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/the-long-term-benefit-trust