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Anthropic is really speedrunning their evil arc as fast as possible. Can't use them for basic LLM research, cybersecurity, or beyond-surface-level discussions o

Anthropic is really speedrunning their evil arc as fast as possible. Can't use them for basic LLM research, cybersecurity, or beyond-surface-level discussions of biology and virology, but Anthropic is allowed to sell Claude to the trump administration to kidnap maduro and to bomb iran. And don't get me started on that $100M autonomous killer drone swarm contract that they applied to and rationalized as non autonomous...

LordDragonfang 4mo ago
> Can't use them for basic LLM research, cybersecurity, or beyond-surface-level discussions of biology and virology Your priorities are not everyone else's priorities. The people concerned about AI extinction risk list those as three of their biggest priorities for AI to not do. Those are the people whose culture Anthropic descends from, and by their measure, those exclusions make this the least evil path.
- randbyte 4mo ago
  More like Anthropic’s priorities are not everyone else’s priorities. They are in the consistent culture of being in absolute control and dictating what is good and bad, while taking any opportunity to trash and crush potential competitors (open source models happened to be mostly developed in China). All these in the name of safety and anti-authoritarian. The day self hosted models catch up with Anthropic’s capabilities is when they will fully lose their shit. This day can’t come soon enough
- inciampati 4mo ago
  Extinction risk. From population genetics... Does Anthropic even employ biologists? It's magical thinking about a field that is poorly understood by their community.
  - selcuka 4mo ago
    > Does Anthropic even employ biologists? They do, and they are still actively hiring. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5066977008 https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5066977008 https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5239733008 https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5239733008
computomatic 4mo ago
Didn’t Anthropic famously refuse to work with the US gov on military applications that would violate its safeguards? https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-pentagon-ai-hegseth-dario-amodei-b72d1894bc842d9acf026df3867bee8a https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-pentagon-ai-hegseth-dar...
rvz 4mo ago
I told everyone here that Anthropic are not your friends for months. Again, HN fell for the marketing and believed everything they did was for "safety".

LordDragonfang 4mo ago

> Can't use them for basic LLM research, cybersecurity, or beyond-surface-level discussions of biology and virology Your priorities are not everyone else's priorities. The people concerned about AI extinction risk list those as three of their biggest priorities for AI to not do. Those are the people whose culture Anthropic descends from, and by their measure, those exclusions make this the least evil path.

randbyte 4mo ago
More like Anthropic’s priorities are not everyone else’s priorities. They are in the consistent culture of being in absolute control and dictating what is good and bad, while taking any opportunity to trash and crush potential competitors (open source models happened to be mostly developed in China). All these in the name of safety and anti-authoritarian. The day self hosted models catch up with Anthropic’s capabilities is when they will fully lose their shit. This day can’t come soon enough
inciampati 4mo ago
Extinction risk. From population genetics... Does Anthropic even employ biologists? It's magical thinking about a field that is poorly understood by their community.
- selcuka 4mo ago
  > Does Anthropic even employ biologists? They do, and they are still actively hiring. https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5066977008 https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5066977008 https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5239733008 https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5239733008

computomatic 4mo ago

Didn’t Anthropic famously refuse to work with the US gov on military applications that would violate its safeguards? https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-pentagon-ai-hegseth-dario-amodei-b72d1894bc842d9acf026df3867bee8a https://apnews.com/article/anthropic-pentagon-ai-hegseth-dar...

rvz 4mo ago

I told everyone here that Anthropic are not your friends for months. Again, HN fell for the marketing and believed everything they did was for "safety".