ClaimsDario Amodei

“There are probably 100 people working on it, but there aren’t like 10,000 people working on it.”

Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, interviewee 11 November 2024 Transcript for Dario Amodei: Anthropic CEO on Claude, AGI & the Future of AI & Humanity (Lex Fridman Podcast)

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There are probably about 100 people working on the research area being discussed, but not around 10,000.

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A rough 'probably around 100' estimate of researchers has no authoritative count.

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