Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes that accelerated advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in biology, can lead to a doubling of human lifespans in as little as five to 10 years.
Amodei called it the “grand vision” and claimed that AI, by shrinking a century’s worth of work in biology, could eventually help humans live twice as long.
Anthropic is working on a “virtual collaborator,” an AI agent capable of doing higher-level tasks in the workplace such as opening Google Docs, using the Slack messaging channel, and interacting with workers.
Amodei has become “more confident” that “we really are heading towards AI systems that are better than almost all humans at almost all tasks.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi acknowledged that for autonomous vehicles, the physical world remains a challenge that needs to be solved.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff observed that the Davos CEOs could be the last ones managing all-human workers, since AI agents are coming to the workplace.
Looking ahead, Amodei said he is concerned about AI’s impact on political systems. Will it empower more democracy or more autocracy?
Google’s Porat said that’s why it’s important for the West to stay ahead in AI development. This requires a pro-innovation regulatory environment for AI.