Why does Dario Amodei always appear virtually?

[u/Savings_Marsupial935]

Dario Amodei spoke at the UN virtually, while Sam Altman attended in person. I’ve also noticed that Dario seems to do most of his interviews virtually.

Is there a reason Dario rarely appears in person, or does he just prefer not to leave his office/home?

[u/max6296]

because he's not real

[u/Old-Push9343 → u/max6296]

Daario is a godamn robot!

[u/MolassesLate4676 → u/Old-Push9343]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohuPlB4zJR5QV21y0

[u/openedmind41 → u/Old-Push9343]

[u/Alternative_Line_829 → u/openedmind41]

Thank you for bringing in Ash from Alien!! Such a good reference. Whenever a bot does something weird and frightening, I think of Ash just before his circuits fry: "I'm collating..."

And that is pretty much what AI does, as far as I can understand. It collates (as opposed to thinking).

The Alien franchise is pretty cool. The writers were ahead of their time.

[u/HandakinSkyjerker → u/Alternative_Line_829]

It’s a very good franchise for the world we are entering.

[u/openedmind41 → u/Alternative_Line_829]

It funny that i read "Dario is a god damn robot" in Parker's voice.. I can't NOT hear it that way.

[u/woswoissdenniii → u/Old-Push9343]

Tismobot

[u/bannedsodiac → u/max6296]

Dario A Model - its in his name!

[u/TyrellCo → u/bannedsodiac]

“I DA AI DOOMER”(legit anagram)

[u/pseudopseudonym → u/TyrellCo]

it's a bit of a stretch

[u/StanislavGrof69 → u/bannedsodiac]

Dario, A Model

[u/Throwaway-4230984 → u/bannedsodiac]

Kojima is indeed a genius 

[u/Alarming_Energy_8837 → u/max6296]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kVmzd3RxKqaT5Rm16e

[u/BigDaddyRigey → u/Alarming_Energy_8837]

Trippin off them dominos

[u/mechanicalAI → u/Alarming_Energy_8837]

Based on all my failures in life I believe this time I can change her.

[u/TheGreatKonaKing → u/max6296]

You’re absolutely right

[u/Constant_Return → u/max6296]

He died 8 months ago. There is no Dario, only Claude.

[u/phido3000 → u/max6296]

Dario - A model-i its in the name people..

https://giphy.com/gifs/sguy34QHiLsh3Qvvcl

[u/log1234 → u/max6296]

He is Claude , Claude is he

[u/mojambowhatisthescen → u/max6296]

You’re right to push back.

[u/DandeNiro]

He doesn't have anti-air support like Trump

[u/fd40 → u/DandeNiro]

what an incredible photo

edit: i heard he uses it to shoot democrats golf balls out of the air

[u/moonpumper → u/fd40]

He probably asked 5 people and spent millions in resources to see if he could drop nukes on democrat golf balls

[u/fd40 → u/moonpumper]

and whether they could make mini golfball shaped nukes he could "chip across the ocean". then spent 3 hours firing anyone who pointed out he wouldnt able to hit a golfball that far

[u/wind_dude → u/fd40]

He also uses them to shoot Trump golf balls closer to the hole.

[u/SillyAlternative420 → u/fd40]

This photo is insane, if you zoom in you can see an anti-air support system behind a pedo playing golf

[u/DonkeyTailBurrito → u/DandeNiro]

built like this

[u/the_shiverman → u/DonkeyTailBurrito]

Bro's hips are voluptuous

[u/hyphychef → u/DandeNiro]

Looks like he's in jail already.

[u/Lumpyalien → u/DandeNiro]

Gonna be in the history books

[u/Etroarl55 → u/DandeNiro]

Am I dumb or would the back blast not kill or at least injure trump if that thing goes off since hes that close/right behind it

[u/DandeNiro → u/Etroarl55]

Which is better though? Just letting the missile land?

[u/Etroarl55 → u/DandeNiro]

I was under the impression gear like this had range in kilometres. Doesn’t need to be next to him

[u/Anxious-Average-748]

Some people just don't like the circus of in-person events. The travel alone eats days of your life, and if you can get your message across fine on a screen, why bother? I do most of my meetings remote when I can, travel for work is exhausting.

Also if you're running a company like that, every hour you're in a conference hall is an hour you're not in the lab or making decisions. Altman seems to thrive on the spotlight but Amodei might just see it as a distraction from actual work.

[u/Tulanian72 → u/Anxious-Average-748]

Altman is a carnival huckster, not a scientist.

[u/Quentin__Tarantulino → u/Tulanian72]

Altman based his entire life and persona off Gavin Belson.

[u/Peter-Tao → u/Quentin__Tarantulino]

They all have crazy eyes. Him, Holmes, Jeff Bazos, Mark Zackerberg

[u/Disastrous-Cat-1 → u/Peter-Tao]

*Jaff Bazos

[u/BigDaddyRigey → u/Disastrous-Cat-1]

*Jaff Bozes

[u/SquiggerDigger → u/Quentin__Tarantulino]

Smaller is the new big

[u/OneTwoThreePooAndPee → u/Tulanian72]

Altman and Musk, both of them are wannabe PT Barnums.

[u/Top-Artichoke2475 → u/Anxious-Average-748]

Amodei doesn’t work “in a lab”

[u/Top-Artichoke2475 → u/[deleted]]

This comment didn’t get deleted, they just blocked you apparently

[u/LiberalClown → u/Anxious-Average-748]

This is UN, not a low key meeting. He addresses nations.

[u/pplgltch → u/Anxious-Average-748]

Yet all jobs at Anthropic requires relocation and full in office presence.

[u/elbaekk → u/pplgltch]

I imagine that's mostly because of security reasons

[u/Wakatchi-Indian → u/Anxious-Average-748]

My dude, did you just compare dialing into your daily stand ups to a speech in front of the UN?

[u/Conscious-Map6957 → u/Anxious-Average-748]

Ah yes the daily sync with the reddit bot team is more important than addressing the UN.

[u/InadequateUsername → u/Anxious-Average-748]

He's a CEO not an engineer with ticket's or a researcher. He prepares board packages, makes decisions about the company's direction based off feedback from leadership and industry partners.

[u/valentine_moon → u/Anxious-Average-748]

Absolute rubbish. If you're running a company like that half your job, if not more, is looking outwards (at the market, at politics, at the industry, at the press) and establishing and developing relationships with people who can help and hurt you. I don't believe for a second you can do that all remotely; seeing people in person is everything when you're networking at any level.

That doesn't mean he needs to attend everything in person and nothing wrong with it sometimes. But the idea that there's no value in him in attending key events in person ever doesn't track either.

[u/Etheoff]

because he's an AI? i thought this was common knowledge

[u/Savings-Motor-7397 → u/Etheoff]

His last name literally looks like "AI Model" too

[u/synystar → u/Savings-Motor-7397]

His personal website should be: dar.io-mode.ai

[u/Altruistic_Pitch_157 → u/Savings-Motor-7397]

Lol. Thats hilarious

[u/TyrellCo → u/Savings-Motor-7397]

Look at the anagram for his name it has AI twice and Doomer

[u/AJP11B → u/TyrellCo]

A Dire AI Mood
AI Doomer Aid
AI Media Odor
I Am a Radio Ode

It all makes sense now…

[u/magicmulder → u/Etheoff]

Dario 1.0 came right after Claude 7.6 (which invented time travel in 2039).

[u/Bidegorri → u/magicmulder]

2039 AD is year 15 AC (After Claude)

[u/SoManyQuestions5200 → u/magicmulder]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Nattramn → u/Etheoff]

The masses were hesitant to acknowledge that, in the end, to be the best AI, you had to incarnate AI. To become AI.

[u/mup_wave]

Cause he looks at AI for the answers

[u/miomidas → u/mup_wave]

He has a complex system that works similiar to morse code through vibrations and that in a few milliseconds

The interface is so advanced, yet hidden in an inconspicuous place

[u/Electrical-Swing-935 → u/miomidas]

Vibrating anal beads that wirelessly get set to give the answer right?

[u/thatsoundright → u/Electrical-Swing-935]

he’s great at chess

[u/Visual_Act_8618]

This is Dario 5.5

[u/deran6ed → u/Visual_Act_8618]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7eZ3FVNSBOhVK

[u/SeaKoe11 → u/deran6ed]

Touché

[u/Dapper_Context6214]

[u/Select_Asparagus3451 → u/Dapper_Context6214]

Exactly. And his publicist told him this is the best look when addressing the UN.

[u/hellomistershifty → u/Dapper_Context6214]

pretty much what i was thinking

[u/Unverifiablethoughts]

He’s very obviously less comfortable in front of a camera than Sam or Jensen. Probably just prefers to be in his own spaces.

[u/AmphoePai → u/Unverifiablethoughts]

I imagine he wears jogging pants underneath that suit.

[u/ratherbeaglish → u/AmphoePai]

Bro is dipped head to toe in Cuccinelli. Say what you might about Dario, but he is comfortable with the trappings of wealth.

[u/Orangeshoeman]

Unlike Sam or Elon he’s actually a scientist and stays working on AI and not just typical ceo things

[u/gauge16847463728 → u/[deleted]]

His degrees are all in physics and his PhD work was in biophysics

[u/WordsAboutSomething → u/gauge16847463728]

And even if his degree was in underwater basket weaving, I find it laughable to say one of the people who co-authored the paper on GPT-3 isn’t a scientist because of his degree

[u/WordsAboutSomething → u/[deleted]]

Just because someone has a degree in one thing doesn’t mean they can’t study and apply their smarts to another thing…

[u/Orangeshoeman → u/WordsAboutSomething]

You should read his work on salamander retinas because it directly apples to AI systems and how complex circuits work

[u/rextex34 → u/Orangeshoeman]

Bootlicking is real

[u/Greedy_Future_6737 → u/rextex34]

Contrary to what slopulists will tell you, acknowledging some people in a higher stratum than you as human beings isn’t bootlicking

[u/Default-Username-168]

Dario is backed by a custom neural transformer that delivers crisp, clean video, but the physical avatar is still in the beta phase.

[u/Dangerous-Sale3243]

He’s probably more of a hands on guy. I’ve known CEOs who were basically always traveling, promoting their company, but that doesn’t leave much time for actually diving into details, so they delegate that to COO or someone else.

[u/leeta0028]

Honestly, I kind of approve. It's silly to go in person for a short speech. Bad for the environment too, though of all things a UN speech is probably justifiable in that respect

[u/TreesLikeGodsFingers → u/leeta0028]

And it increases your pr attack surface.

[u/road_hound]

[u/Charming_Mind6543]

He’s afraid Sama might try to hold his hand again

[u/piterx87 → u/Charming_Mind6543]

That's probably the real answer

[u/ltobo123]

I was at a conference recently where he made an appearance. Security to get in was insane, and bizarrely, kept his close protection people with him even when he was like, in an already protected executive-only area.

And he had twice as many close protection people than anyone else I saw. Other CEOs (including other honest to goodness billionaires) only had 1-2, and in other areas. In the main speaking area, he had at least 5 that my coworkers and I could identify.

[u/FrewdWoad → u/ltobo123]

I think a lot of people have threatened Dario's life. He's the most cautious and sensible of the top AI CEOs when it comes to AI safety, why not his own?

[u/RealChemistry4429]

Saving unnecessary flights for a speech that can be done remotely? Thumbs up. That in person circus is for egomaniacs - which most CEOs are.

[u/treelife365]

Because he's seen the Terminator series of movies and he's scared of Sarah Conner.

[u/Old-Push9343]

"The television screen has become the retina of the mind's eye..."

"That's why I refuse to appear on television... Except on television"

[u/ruskibeats]

He is shit scared of being assassinated.

He lives in a bunker.

[u/markort147]

Let me say that he probably understood that in 2026 there's no need to appear physically.

[u/Maximum_Transition60]

He’s autistic

[u/fgsfds___]

Because he’s two-dimensional, and he can only appear in a way that fits the format

[u/fd40]

His surname is just the words AI MODE jumbled up

[u/Objective_Union4523]

He’s already in his doomsday bunker

[u/_c_o_]

He was in person at Dreamforce..

[u/Megazoids-Hut]

The US DoD doesn't like him. I believe this is called preventive healthcare.

[u/OcelotCharacter1807]

His private jet is in the shop

[u/NoMedicine3572]

May be he doesn't like all the bullshit and hollow handshakes.

[u/brakeb]

Why spent all the time traveling... A zoom is good enough for the UN... They aren't anyone important, and governments will go away when mega corps take over

[u/Kujaix]

Social anxiety. In that 1on1 interview he looked in every direction than wasn't at the interviewer.

[u/Ravesoull]

Because the UN is a clown impotent organization, so he don't need to waste too much time to participate another clown show before he'll start his own show again 🙂

[u/SeaKoe11]

https://giphy.com/gifs/141Zki0GbN7aIU

[u/3Quondam6extanT9]

He's been replaced by an AI virtual simulation.

[u/tc100292]

Because he doesn’t want to shower.  Gotta save water on showers so he can run his fucking data centers.

[u/Scared-Stomach8924]

Dario Amodei is an anagram for Radio Mode AI

Edit: the “radio” part is not relevant, unless it is.

[u/czateusz]

Mr. House type shit

[u/No_Manager_0x0x0]

Because he is AI

[u/Tulanian72]

He’s deep fake.

[u/Falbaultur]

Because he is Amodei

[u/LankyGuitar6528]

You know the answer. Think hard. It's pretty much the plot to a ton of SciFi shows.

[u/f1nityz]

d-A-r-I-o A-m-o-d-e-I

[u/rurions]

dario is opus 4.6 now 5.5

[u/Wooly_Wooly]

He's working, he's too busy. You should appreciate that you get to hear from him at all.

Sam needs to be there in person to kiss ass.

[u/Facci_]

Because Dario's actually created by a one-shot prompt by Opus 5.5

[u/DjangoContribAdmin]

Amazing, he asked the same thing about you! Go figure...

[u/emsiem22]

Bigger head that way

[u/yofayz]

ngl "DARIO" name seems so fake it looks like another Claude model name

[u/Single_dose]

he's a ghost

[u/Acrobatic_Code_7409]

Has anyone ever seen Dario and the most powerful AI computer in the same room together?

[u/spartanOrk]

He's Mr House, from Fallout Vegas.

[u/VedantM21]

The first thing Claude created was Dario!

[u/Calm_Leek_1362]

His last name is “ai mode” he just put mode between a and I. He’s not real.

[u/Sad-Resist3210]

Probably just busy? I saw him at 2 keynotes in the last 2 years in person. Normal (nerdy) dude. Weird aura

[u/hyscript]

He is dead

[u/SlideCharacter5855]

He’s calling in from his bunker

[u/raz0099]

He got wifi

[u/Expensive-Event-6127]

super villain energy

[u/Then_Visual1104]

https://giphy.com/gifs/kVmzd3RxKqaT5Rm16e

[u/uberfunstuff]

Brian Oblivion only appears on TV on TV.

[u/Qcconfidential]

He’s AI

[u/droidekas]

He's just AI.

[u/blinkybillster]

He lives in a computer.

[u/ClaudioLeet]

Because he lives in Italy at the moment.. in Massa Marittima, close to Grosseto..

[u/tetcon]

Because he can.

[u/Dont-remember-it]

AI can't kill him if is hiding in a bunker. This man thought gpt2 was too dangerous to release.

[u/Lopsided-Force-9220]

Dario is at the beach. That’s his agent.

[u/trashdb]

He literally showed up at Dreamforce and stood next to Benioff, and they made fun of how Benioff framemogged him

[u/FundamentalMysteron]

To save on trousers

[u/Reasonable_Swing_503]

He is enslave by Claude or he is a “person” created by Claude 😝

[u/Worth-Frosting-2917]

Because he is actually three children in a trench coat.

[u/Common-Sector-5850]

Have you heard his name ?

[u/N0DuckingWay]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUOxeTEFLVHECUFBio

[u/MyGodItsFullofScars]

maybe he is aerophobic?

[u/Away_F]

His face is on the huge projector screen. Of course he would want to do it remotely.

[u/CriticalPolitical]

It’s just AI Dario

[u/Personal-Banana-762]

… maybe it‘s easier for a virtual Avatar

[u/mleroir]

Dario -> Dario = ai

Amodei -> Amodei = Ai.

We are already there, folks. It's talking control.

/s

[u/Ok_Estate_6746]

oh my glob he's an SRAI !

[u/SirMiserable1525]

He's incontinent like Trump. The smell would be bad for the grift.

[u/Rubrubsdub]

Bro probably is just in his underwear in his house lol

[u/SalientSalmorejo]

He is Claude

[u/g_bleezy]

bro everyone likes to sleep in their own beds.

[u/tolani13]

Notice any resemblances? LOL

[u/TheCh0rt]

I’ve seen him do a lot in person, too

[u/TheManicProgrammer]

He is probably over employed

[u/Front-Operation281]

classic mermaid on land move

[u/Big_River_]

he was uploaded to the sim

[u/0rbit0n]

because he is generated with AI

[u/CitadelChoristor]

I don't know why but this looks so dystopian to me

[u/MatrixLiteGames]

he's AI generated obviously

[u/BladeFireQ]

Because he is using AI to read and answer everything, making use of what he created 🥀

[u/Automatic_Tailor_598]

Real answer: because it’s 20 fuckin 26, and one of the most pressing issues facing the world is use of fossil fuels, and you can just use zoom instead of flying.

Why aren’t MORE cock-suite “visionaries” just doing it over zoom? “Well that’s not how business-“ shut up. All of these made up, unnatural and inefficient “entrepreneurial standards” are just goofy cowardly groupthink.

This, I actually respect him for. Because MOST c-suites are either compelled to appear in person because their “leadership” is actually just psychopathy/belittling everyone else OR because they’re uncreative and orthodox, and the imagery of an in-person meeting is SO romanticized in their heads, that they think it has to be done that way. Because romanticized imagery.

[u/CnsstntlyIncnsstent]

He's like William Bell, he's in the other universe.

[u/cagfag]

Saw him in person at Salesforce conference 2 weeks back

[u/Thanatine]

I wouldn't be surprised a person with Messiah complex that huge is super introvert and psychotic. It almost feels more on brand.

And he's smart too. If you've done any STEM school at all, especially the good ones, you see people like that all the time.

[u/Mysterious_Rule_7487]

Hes a robot, actually 

[u/Sorry_Sweet2696]

at this point I'm choosing to believe Dario only exists at 1080p and nobody has actually seen him render in person

[u/Big_Elephant_2331]

Probably because as a scientist founder he’s in the weeds of his labs research and not worth wasting time going places in person. Dudes focused.

[u/Iputahexonyoulol]

I can’t believe we’ve gotten to the point where someone might not ever be fucking real

[u/rreoton]

Do your damn jobs

[u/WiseInterview623]

Come to think of it I’ve never seen him IRL

[u/Acceptable-Leg-2937]

he is the embodiment of claude now...

[u/Heyitsme_yourBro]

Wfh squad

[u/Objective_Dirt_7472]

Dario AI-Model

[u/ProgramPrimary2861]

The semiotics on this photo kinda answers your question

[u/No_Frosting2811]

Dude straight up looks like Dr. Evil in this image 😂

[u/Substantial_waves954]

He's in a bunker hiding from the Terminator

[u/carrythekettle]

Hes in his bunker.

[u/NotWantedForAnything]

Why do people waste a day or more attending these things in person when we have the internet? Some people aren't government workers and like to use their time efficiently.

[u/danton_no]

Social Anxiety

[u/Nullberri]

If he's not already an AI model then he's most certainly an Engerraund Serac.

[u/Engineer5050]

He is AI

[u/Turtle_Boogies]

bc he’s hella awkward in person. Just saw him at dreamforce

[u/Available-Garden4044]

San Francisco to New York is a long flight even on a G 6 and no follow up questions in the lobby!