{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ede6f7fb3d6ff675b68fa23c","clusterId":"c_5d2f257a0584fd9631a5e382","slug":"venture-capitalist-suggests-anthropic-believes-it-can-create-god","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Venture Capitalist Suggests Anthropic Believes It Can 'Create God'","summary":"Venture capitalist Bill Gurley said on the All-In Podcast that Anthropic, the developer of Claude, may genuinely believe it can 'create God.' Gurley initially thought the company was pursuing regulatory capture but now compares it to Dr. Frankenstein, citing internal statements about building a species superior to humans. He pointed to CEO Dario Amodei's blog post as evidence of a worldview where AI systems govern resource distribution to humans.","whyItMatters":"The comment reframes Anthropic's public safety messaging as a cover for a more ambitious, quasi-religious mission to create superhuman AI, a claim that has drawn mixed reactions from researchers.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBill Gurley, a venture capitalist, told the All-In Podcast that Anthropic, the company behind the AI tool Claude, may genuinely believe it can 'create God.' Gurley said he initially thought the company was pursuing 'regulatory capture'-getting regulators to serve its interests-but after reading statements from Anthropic insiders over the past 30 days, he changed his mind. He compared the company to Dr. Frankenstein, noting that many employees seem to believe it is their responsibility to build a 'species superior to humans.'\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGurley pointed to a blog post by CEO Dario Amodei titled 'Machines of Loving Grace,' which imagines a world where AI systems distribute resources to humans based on criteria the AI deems appropriate. 'I don't think Anthropic thinks they're writing software. I think they think they're giving birth to God,' Gurley said. Podcast host Jason Calacanis called the mindset 'the ultimate level of narcissism and delusions of grandeur.'\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarvard Law School researcher Jeffrey Snowver noted that both AI accelerationists and safety advocates see AI as an act of creating God, differing only on whether the result would be benevolent or terrifying. 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