ClaimsDario Amodei

“Historically, mathematicians, computer scientists, and physicists who have applied their skills to biology over the last 30 years have been quite successful, but have not had the truly transformative impact initially hoped for.”

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, essay author 17 August 2015 Machines of Loving Grace (darioamodei.com)

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Over the last 30 years, mathematicians, computer scientists and physicists applying their skills to biology have been quite successful but have not had the truly transformative impact initially hoped for.

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'Truly transformative impact initially hoped for' is too subjective to test.

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Dario Amodei, “Over the last 30 years, mathematicians, computer scientists and physicists applying their skills to biology have been quite successful but have not had the truly transformative impact initially hoped for.” (said 17 August 2015). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_a04e2a2f871b, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a04e2a2f871b

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