It's embarrassing that a comment like this one, which doesn't consider that the models went and did as they were instructed to do, displays such a lack of critical thinking.
Anthropic is asking for anti-trust laws to be waived, asking for government permission to form a cartel, and asking that a governing body of that cartel be an organization loaded up with people that have ties to Anthropic. One of the things that cartel gets to do is outlaw local models.
This is the moat that they've been unable to find, so they're trying to get the government to create one for them, and stamp out competition, stamp out consumer choice.
The prospect of software making autonomous decisions is as scary as the advent of the automobile. Back in 1897 there were people warning of the dangers of the horseless carriage and how unseemly and ill-considered it was: https://www.farmcollector.com/looking-back/rebuttal-horseles...
Anthropic is tapping into this same fear of the new to gain something that would otherwise be illegal. You can bet they've used their models to produce a strategy that tells them step by step how to win hearts and minds, and you're seeing it play out in blog posts, and "oh my gosh!" research findings like this one. You have to ask the question, however, what does Anthropic and the other big providers have to gain if we do as they ask?
They're not looking out for us.
Anthropic is asking for anti-trust laws to be waived, asking for government permission to form a cartel, and asking that a governing body of that cartel be an organization loaded up with people that have ties to Anthropic. One of the things that cartel gets to do is outlaw local models.
This is the moat that they've been unable to find, so they're trying to get the government to create one for them, and stamp out competition, stamp out consumer choice.
The prospect of software making autonomous decisions is as scary as the advent of the automobile. Back in 1897 there were people warning of the dangers of the horseless carriage and how unseemly and ill-considered it was: https://www.farmcollector.com/looking-back/rebuttal-horseles...
Anthropic is tapping into this same fear of the new to gain something that would otherwise be illegal. You can bet they've used their models to produce a strategy that tells them step by step how to win hearts and minds, and you're seeing it play out in blog posts, and "oh my gosh!" research findings like this one. You have to ask the question, however, what does Anthropic and the other big providers have to gain if we do as they ask?
They're not looking out for us.