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Re:Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous med... by ur-whale on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:16AM (#50483824)
> Amodei sounds completely unhinged in that video

Unhinged, maybe not.

But echoes of Liz Holmes and SBF, absolutely.

IMO, both, to a large extent, actually believed their own BS and Dario strikes me as very similar in that regard.

Re:Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous med... by coffeebeqn on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:26AM (#50483970)
SBF that’s who he reminds me of! With the manic speaking style
Re:Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous med... by AlanYx on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:29AM (#50484014)
The difficult part is trying to figure out how much of Amodei's strange affect is an act (intentional) and how much of it is real (unintentional).

With Holmes, some of it was intentionally fake and manipulative (especially the voice), half of it was believing her own BS. With SBF it was mostly the latter, I think.

Amodei is a smart guy, but there are aspects of his behavior that almost seem like he's doing an over-the-top exaggeration of non-neurotypical mannerisms as a kind of act.

Re:Eli Lilly CEO pushes back on Dario Amodei's ludicrous med... by user43928 on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:06AM (#50484627)
Holmes and SBF are convicted fraudsters.

I don't see how one can seriously argue that Amodei was similar for holding an optimistic view of AI's progress in the next 5-10 years.