The Adolescence of Technology by Dario Amodei
Shares rank 37 of 60 articles by recommenders
People recommend it for a logically argued, well-explained case about the risks of powerful AI. Critics say it rests on speculative assumptions and avoids its own conclusion.
People recommend it for a logically argued, well-explained case about the risks of powerful AI. Critics say it rests on speculative assumptions and avoids its own conclusion.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Logically argued and well explained
“it's put across logically, albeit biased viewpoint.”
Comment from 29 Jan 2026 in “Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History–Or Not?” “For some well-explained reasons, check out”
Comment from 12 Aug 2026 in “DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813”
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What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“all his posited defenses (a constitution, debugging the model, monitoring) are either still impossible or manifestly failed”
“Totally not bias towards non-US models.”
“For some well-explained reasons, check out”
“Dario's essay carefully avoids its own conclusion.”
“it's put across logically, albeit biased viewpoint.”
“His essay about me was written with my help but without my input.”
“Dario's making a lot of 'foom-ish' assumptions about things which have not happened and may not happen anytime soon.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.