SNL parodies Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in weekend update sketch
Saturday Night Live aired a Weekend Update segment that lampooned recent AI‑doom warnings. Cast member Jane Wickline impersonated Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, while host Michael Che introduced the bit, noting Amodei’s recent press tour where he appeared to agree with a former employee’s claim that artificial intelligence might destroy humanity. Wickline’s portrayal featured a wig and delivered…
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- Jane Wickline impersonated Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on SNL's Weekend Update.
- Sketch referenced Amodei’s recent press tour and warnings that AI could destroy humanity.
- Fictional Amodei claimed a 10% chance cancer will be solved in ten years.
The sketch continued with the fictional Amodei assuring the audience that AI executives “are all on the same page here: We do not condone what we are doing.” He also claimed, “AI is not a weapon, it’s a tool: A tool for building weapons,” and offered a tongue‑in‑cheek prognosis that in ten years there is “about a 10% chance that cancer won’t be a problem for anyone.” The segment used humor to highlight the tension between AI hype and existential concerns.
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei gets the SNL treatment
TechCrunch AI · 27 September 2026
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