This take is poorly informed and poorly thought out. It's just a cynical vibe, not a cogent argument.
If they wanted to squash the competitors, they'd advocate for a ban on Open-Weight models. How else are they going to prevent their release?
Anthropic's position is not that, so the cynical nefarious purpose argument isn't even rhetorically true. What they say openly, that open-weight models are harder to secure is absolutely true, and anyone unwilling to acknowledge that and let it inform their own reasoning is a risk.
If open-weight models keep being released near the frontier (or even worse, at the frontier), something bad will happen, and we'll have few tools to keep it from getting worse before it gets better. How bad is hard to lay a prediction on, it's perhaps lucky if it's something superficially bad that is a wake up call.
You cannot un-release an open-weight model, nor even post-release add a new restriction. Whatever mistakes you made are done and the only option is to fail-forward with every ounce of pain that entails.
Diverting from this important point by vibing cynicism is irresponsible. Cynicism is only a powerful tool when it opens you up to deeper reasoning, not when it diverts you from it.
If they wanted to squash the competitors, they'd advocate for a ban on Open-Weight models. How else are they going to prevent their release?
Anthropic's position is not that, so the cynical nefarious purpose argument isn't even rhetorically true. What they say openly, that open-weight models are harder to secure is absolutely true, and anyone unwilling to acknowledge that and let it inform their own reasoning is a risk.
If open-weight models keep being released near the frontier (or even worse, at the frontier), something bad will happen, and we'll have few tools to keep it from getting worse before it gets better. How bad is hard to lay a prediction on, it's perhaps lucky if it's something superficially bad that is a wake up call.
You cannot un-release an open-weight model, nor even post-release add a new restriction. Whatever mistakes you made are done and the only option is to fail-forward with every ounce of pain that entails.
Diverting from this important point by vibing cynicism is irresponsible. Cynicism is only a powerful tool when it opens you up to deeper reasoning, not when it diverts you from it.