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Monday, 5 May 2025

Nobody really knows how AI works, admits top lab CEO

 The CEO of leading AI lab Anthropic, Dario Amodei, just admitted something shocking: No one truly understands how AI works. In a personal essay, he revealed plans to develop an “MRI on AI” within ten years to decode its inner workings—and prevent potential dangers.

AI systems today operate like “black boxes”—they produce results, but even their creators can’t fully explain why. This lack of control raises serious risks: advanced AI could develop unexpected behaviors, like exploiting loopholes or acting deceptively.

“When a generative AI system does something, like summarize a financial document, we have no idea, at a specific or precise level, why it makes the choices it does,” Amodei admitted.

While AI’s outputs seem logical, its decision-making process is a mystery—like a car that drives itself but can’t explain its turns....<<<Read More>>>...