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Anthropic feels like they are flailing around constantly trying to find something to do. A C compiler that didn't work, a browser that didn't work, and now solv

Anthropic feels like they are flailing around constantly trying to find something to do. A C compiler that didn't work, a browser that didn't work, and now solving bugs in Firefox.

gehsty 7mo ago
This makes sense - they are demonstrating the capability of their core product by doing so? They dont make browsers, c compilers, they sell ai + dev tools.
- delfinom 7mo ago
  Capability of a product that makes non-working outputs at a premium? I can hire an intern for that.
  - gehsty 7mo ago
    Will cost you a lot more ;)
- jdiff 7mo ago
  Seems like a poor advertisement for their product if their shining example of utility is a broken compiler that doesn't function as the README indicates.
  - gehsty 7mo ago
    Impressive that it made a c compiler though? Or do we judge all programmers by their documentation now?
    - agentultra 7mo ago
      All it took was all the C compilers they could scrape into their training set. It’s not impressive in the sense that it’s doing what it was designed to. It just happens that it generated a C compiler that kind of worked. Someone came by later and used more AI on it to make it closer to a production grade C compiler like gcc/clang. Saying, “it made a C compiler,” is not specific enough.
manbash 7mo ago
I think it's a nice break from vibe-coding. It feels like a good direction in terms of use cases for LLM.
saagarjha 7mo ago
Solving bugs in Firefox is quite impressive.
Analemma_ 7mo ago
I think OpenAI is flailing around too-- we're making an AI-generated shortform video app, we're rescinding restrictions on porn, we're making a... something... with Jony Ive-- but only Anthropic is flailing in a way beneficial to society instead of becoming a trillion dollar heroin dealer.
simonw 7mo ago
What was Anthropic's "browser that didn't work"?
- utopiah 7mo ago
  I think they meant Cursor, cf https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646777
ferguess_k 7mo ago
However, the shape is there. And no one knows how good the thing is going to be after X months. We are measuring months here, not even years. I believe there is a theoretical cap about the capability of LLM. I'm wondering what does it look like.
- mmis1000 7mo ago
  If it explore all these cases after a few month and made the tool itself obsolete, that sounds like a total win to me? However that don't happen unless firefox just stop developing though. New code comes with new bug, and there must be some people or some tool to find it out.
dartharva 7mo ago
That's what people back then must have talked about small offshoots like Google and Microsoft back when silicon valley was nascent
lloydatkinson 7mo ago
I can only assume the large downvotes are because Anthropic suck and tried vote manipulation

Anthropic feels like they are flailing around constantly trying to find something to do. A C compiler that didn't work, a browser that didn't work, and now solving bugs in Firefox.

gehsty 7mo ago

This makes sense - they are demonstrating the capability of their core product by doing so? They dont make browsers, c compilers, they sell ai + dev tools.

delfinom 7mo ago
Capability of a product that makes non-working outputs at a premium? I can hire an intern for that.
- gehsty 7mo ago
  Will cost you a lot more ;)
jdiff 7mo ago
Seems like a poor advertisement for their product if their shining example of utility is a broken compiler that doesn't function as the README indicates.
- gehsty 7mo ago
  Impressive that it made a c compiler though? Or do we judge all programmers by their documentation now?
  - agentultra 7mo ago
    All it took was all the C compilers they could scrape into their training set. It’s not impressive in the sense that it’s doing what it was designed to. It just happens that it generated a C compiler that kind of worked. Someone came by later and used more AI on it to make it closer to a production grade C compiler like gcc/clang. Saying, “it made a C compiler,” is not specific enough.

manbash 7mo ago

I think it's a nice break from vibe-coding. It feels like a good direction in terms of use cases for LLM.

saagarjha 7mo ago

Solving bugs in Firefox is quite impressive.

Analemma_ 7mo ago

I think OpenAI is flailing around too-- we're making an AI-generated shortform video app, we're rescinding restrictions on porn, we're making a... something... with Jony Ive-- but only Anthropic is flailing in a way beneficial to society instead of becoming a trillion dollar heroin dealer.

simonw 7mo ago

What was Anthropic's "browser that didn't work"?

utopiah 7mo ago
I think they meant Cursor, cf https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646777

ferguess_k 7mo ago

However, the shape is there. And no one knows how good the thing is going to be after X months. We are measuring months here, not even years. I believe there is a theoretical cap about the capability of LLM. I'm wondering what does it look like.

mmis1000 7mo ago
If it explore all these cases after a few month and made the tool itself obsolete, that sounds like a total win to me? However that don't happen unless firefox just stop developing though. New code comes with new bug, and there must be some people or some tool to find it out.

dartharva 7mo ago

That's what people back then must have talked about small offshoots like Google and Microsoft back when silicon valley was nascent

lloydatkinson 7mo ago

I can only assume the large downvotes are because Anthropic suck and tried vote manipulation