Guillaume Verdon says AI accelerationists oppose ‘doom’ calls from Anthropic, OpenAI
Physicist Guillaume Verdon, who founded the Effective Accelerationism movement, argues that the doom‑laden warnings from Anthropic and OpenAI are more dangerous than the AI technology itself. He says the calls for regulation from the two labs, which claim AI could kill humanity, are a “mind virus” that stifles rapid progress. Verdon criticises the proposed third‑party auditors, noting they are…
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- Guillaume Verdon, founder of Effective Accelerationism, argues doom narratives from Anthropic and OpenAI are more dangerous than AI itself.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged slowing AI advances, but Verdon says proposed regulators are friends of big labs.
- Extropic announced a nonbinding letter of intent for up to $75 million in Commerce Department funding for energy‑efficient chips.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently published a paper urging companies to pace the frontier, embed outside evaluators and work with government regulators, while OpenAI has echoed similar concerns. President Trump and senior officials have rejected new guardrails, saying companies can self‑regulate. A Pew Research Center survey of 3,488 adults in June found 52% were more concerned than excited about AI’s growing role. Verdon’s startup Extropic, which builds energy‑efficient chips, announced a nonbinding letter of intent for up to $75 million in Commerce Department funding. Other builders, such as TabulAI founder Bojan Tunguz, acknowledge the need for some pacing but welcome open models as a fallback.
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nypost.com · 21 September 2026
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