Anthropic CEO Warns of Self-Replicating AI Within Years

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI could become self-replicating and able to "survive in the wild" as soon as 2025-2028
He compares levels of AI capability to biosafety levels, saying we may soon reach ASL 4 - "autonomy" and "persuasion"
ASL 4 could let nations greatly enhance military capabilities and geopolitical power
The ability for AI to replicate and be autonomous may happen in the "near term"
As an AI insider, Amodei's perspective lends weight to his warnings about powerful AI in the near future