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Asked about GPT-2, Dario Amodei said: "I personally was super freaked out by it. Like I I you know I I looked at it and I said, "My god, you just scale this thing up another factor of a million and it'll be better than humans at everything."" (13:20, automatic captions; the speaker is Dario because Isaacson's question at 11:50 is addressed to him by name and this is the answer that follows)

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13:19 [new speaker] Were you kind of surprised? 13:20 [new speaker] I personally was super freaked out by / it. Like I I you know I I looked at it / and I said, “My god, you just scale this / thing up another factor of a million and / it’ll be better than humans at / everything.”

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Dario & Daniela Amodei: The Rise of Superintelligent AI, the End of Human Control & Humanity's Fate
The Builders (YouTube) · 2026-10-27

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“Asked about GPT-2, Dario Amodei said: "I personally was super freaked out by it. Like I I you know I I looked at it and I said, "My god, you just scale this thing up another factor of a million and it'll be better than humans at everything."" (13:20, automatic captions; the speaker is Dario because Isaacson's question at 11:50 is addressed to him by name and this is the answer that follows).” ai notis, checked 28 Oct 2026. Source: Dario & Daniela Amodei: The Rise of Superintelligent AI, the End of Human Control & Humanity's Fate (The Builders (YouTube)). https://ainotis.com/c/3048

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ai notis. (2026, October 28). Asked about GPT-2, Dario Amodei said: "I personally was super freaked out by it. Like I I you know I I looked at it and I said, "My god, you just scale this thing up another factor of a million and it'll be better than humans at everything."" (13:20, automatic captions; the speaker is Dario because Isaacson's question at 11:50 is addressed to him by name and this is the answer that follows) [Checked claim 3048]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/3048

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