Early Life and Education
Dario Amodei was born in San Francisco, California, in 1983. He was raised in San Francisco. His father was an Italian-American leather craftsman, and his mother worked as a project manager for libraries. Amodei attended Lowell High School and later pursued higher education at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) before transferring to Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2006. He furthered his academic journey at Princeton University, earning a PhD in biophysics in 2011.
Rise to Success
Amodei's career began with research roles, including a postdoctoral scholar position at Stanford University School of Medicine. His interest in AI developed, leading him to work in the tech industry. He joined Baidu in 2014 and Google Brain in 2015, where he honed his skills in deep learning and AI safety. In 2016, Amodei joined OpenAI, where he served as the Vice President of Research and was instrumental in the development of GPT-2 and GPT-3. In 2021, along with his sister Daniela Amodei and other former OpenAI employees, Dario co-founded Anthropic, an AI safety and research company.
Key Business Strategies
As CEO of Anthropic, Amodei has steered the company towards a mission of developing safe and responsible AI systems, focusing on research and development to create reliable and interpretable AI models. Anthropic's strategy includes pioneering "Constitutional AI", a method for aligning AI models with human values.
Philanthropy
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