by Mavia
In an interview with ABC News that aired in early February 2026, Anthropic co-founder and president Daniela Amodei stated that studying the humanities will be “more important than ever” in the age of AI. Amodei, who majored in literature at UC Santa Cruz before working at Stripe and OpenAI, emphasized that when hiring at Anthropic, the company looks for great communicators with excellent emotional intelligence who are kind, compassionate, and curious.
Key Takeaway:
Amodei argued that uniquely human qualities will become more critical as AI advances, not less, stating that “the things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important.” She explained that while AI models are very good at STEM, understanding ourselves, understanding history, and having critical thinking skills and the ability to interact with other people will be more important in the future. Amodei also noted that the number of jobs AI could do without human help is “vanishingly small,” and that humans plus AI together will create more meaningful, challenging, and interesting work.
Mavia’s Takeaway:
With the invent of AI tech the war to human survival has escalated. Humans teach tech so that tech can to survive. Tech escalates trying to be human. Then human has to prove that he or she is human when they use tech.
I welcome Daniela’s sentiments, though by thinking like that in public, she has just revealed the thinking behind Anthropic’s philosophy. It is reverse endorsement.