I still think they deserve some credit for at least trying to do the right thing. I don’t envy the position they’re in.
Everyone’s rushing toward AGI. Trying to do it safely is meaningless if your competition - the ones who don’t care about safety - gets there first. You can slow things down if you’re in the lead, but if you’re second best, it’s just posturing. There is no second place in this race.
Can’t say the evidence really backs you up on that one.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/anthropic-ai-safety-committments-9.7107355
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62dlvdq3e3o
I still think they deserve some credit for at least trying to do the right thing. I don’t envy the position they’re in.
Everyone’s rushing toward AGI. Trying to do it safely is meaningless if your competition - the ones who don’t care about safety - gets there first. You can slow things down if you’re in the lead, but if you’re second best, it’s just posturing. There is no second place in this race.
No AI bro company is on the path to AGI. Transformer technology will not lead to AGI.
“Right thing”: compromising with authoritarian regimes to secure AI funding