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by xvector 7mo ago
Just have an actual, good faith conversation with a real human working there instead of fighting/making assumptions about a strawman in your head.
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by xvector 7mo ago
I've hung out with this crowd and they are very idealistic, they care deeply about guardrails and safety, and definitely find the idea of handing the current administration AGI/ASI repulsive.
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by xvector 7mo ago
There's probably like one engineer maintaining this as a side project at the company
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by xvector 7mo ago
If you actually read the memo they've clearly put in strict terms with Palantir and rejected many of the false "safeguards" offered by the company
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by xvector 7mo ago
I wish people like you would actually talk to people at Anthropic, maybe interview with the company, actually engage with the real humans there before making blithe comments like this. Seriously, you're on HN, you can't possibly b
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by xvector 7mo ago
Well, I think a company that stood their ground knowing full well they'd be designated a SCR deserves the benefit of the doubt.
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by xvector 7mo ago
There is also: 3. Talent migration to Anthropic. No serious researcher working towards AGI will want it to be in the hands of OpenAI anymore. They are all asking themselves: "do I trust Sam or Dario more with AGI/ASI?" and ar
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by xvector 7mo ago
They "chose Grok" for political optics, but they don't seriously intend to use it because it's actually just benchmaxxed garbage - hence why they worked with OpenAI.
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by xvector 7mo ago
Incredible that California lawmakers choose to deliberately ignore the entire tech industry (that brings California its revenue.)
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by xvector 7mo ago
This is why the whole "LLMs for mass surveillance" thing is scary imo.
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by xvector 7mo ago
Of course, they'd do this during the next administration I suppose.
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by xvector 7mo ago
I wonder if the Anthropic can sue for financial damage when they inevitably win the SCR case (if Hegseth actually bothers to file it.) There are probably multiple lawsuits Anthropic can file: 1. Blatantly illegal SCR designation as a puniti
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by xvector 7mo ago
These are amazing for vacations and recording any event where you want to be truly present without looking at the event through a phone screen.
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by xvector 7mo ago
I am not saying that sharp and talented folks aren't born in the US. I am saying that our culture generally has resulted in fewer talented folks than the H1B population because we have a cultural focus on education. For example, it is
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by xvector 7mo ago
Cowork has been an insane productivity boost, it is actually amazing. Thank you!
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by xvector 7mo ago
No offense but born-in-the-US citizens are... not great at the most demanding knowledge work. The ones that are have all been hired. Our education system is trash and normalizes getting Bs/Cs. I see so many people complaining about H1B
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by xvector 7mo ago
No, OpenAI has consented to "all legal use" whereas Anthropic required the redlines to be in the ToS itself, regardless of what's legal. So for all intents and purposes the DoD can simply ignore OAI's redlines.
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by xvector 7mo ago
This is one of the reasons Anthropic can stay competitive with OpenAI on a fraction of the budget and with less than half the headcount. The smartest people, that actually believe they have the skillset to take us to AGI, understand the imp
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by xvector 7mo ago
"All lawful use" is the weasel word that makes the whole contract useless for the purposes of safety. That is why it is the focus of this debate.
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by xvector 7mo ago
I used to write off Annie's statements as mad raving, but the more I see how Sam acts the more I'm starting to think she might be telling the truth after all.
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by xvector 7mo ago
Psychopaths tend to be dumb (but not always), and the smartest researchers that actually care about getting humanity to AGI tend to be safety conscious. This has been a huge talent advertisement for Anthropic. Their recruiting just got easi
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by xvector 7mo ago
You are exactly correct and this is what Dario has been speaking up about. He calls this exact scenario out in last night's interview: https://youtu.be/MPTNHrq_4LU
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by xvector 7mo ago
Top researchers are more valuable than datacenters
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by xvector 7mo ago
Wow, how incredibly anti-human. Humanity's only hope seems to be Anthropic getting to ASI first and locking OpenAI out.
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by xvector 7mo ago
If you can get an offer at xAI you can get an offer anywhere. All the labs and top players will make you a millionaire in 3 years. xAI is a pure choice. Their people have the ability to work at Anthropic but choose xAI.
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by xvector 7mo ago
If you want privacy the only option that reasonably delivers is Moxie's https://confer.to But tbh I just switched to Anthropic, they need all the support they can get. Claude is great for question/answer.
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by xvector 7mo ago
There is no satisfying some people. Anthropic took a stand that will likely be the end of them. Still, there's a whole list of other things you want them to do before they meet your moral bar. Realistically, they can never meet your ba
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by xvector 7mo ago
Because it is incredibly disgusting/bad form to swoop in like this.
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by xvector 7mo ago
> I don't think they will keep the supply chain risk on Anthropic for more than a week. Why? It is in the admin's interest to absolutely destroy Anthropic. Make them an example.
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by xvector 7mo ago
This feels kind of like a masterclass in negotiation. I suspect Dario just didn't get along with the DoW. Sam comes in, takes Anthropic's place, gets the same concessions. Hell, this may open a path for Anthropic to survive. Every

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