In the spring of 2026, Dario Amodei found himself at the center of a storm of criticism within Silicon Valley. Jensen Huang came close to directly naming and shaming Amodei, launching a scathing attack on CEOs who persistently forecast that AI will trigger widespread unemployment. Huang accused these executives of harboring a "God complex," believing they possess omniscience the moment they assume the CEO mantle. Meanwhile, Altman accused Amodei of leveraging "fear" as a marketing tactic, and Yann LeCun was more straightforward, expressing his incomprehension regarding the impact of technological revolutions on employment.
