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Dario Amodei has a really hardline view that China shouldn’t have strong AI.

Rohan Paul Twitter · Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-06-29

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, speaking on Dwarkesh Patel's YouTube channel, states that preventing China from developing strong AI is clearly in the US national security interest and dismisses counterarguments as 'fishy.'

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Topics: us-china-ai-competitionai-geopoliticsnational-securityanthropic

Claims

  • Dario Amodei holds a hardline position that China should not have strong AI capabilities.
  • Amodei frames restricting China's AI development as clearly in the US national security interest.
  • Amodei dismisses counterarguments against restricting China's AI access as 'fishy.'

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That's the national security interest of the US....The case is very clear, the counterarguments against it are just fishy.