I will also note what I feel is a somewhat concerning trend. It’s happened many times now that I’ve critiqued something about Anthropic (its RSP, advocating to eliminate pre-harm from SB 1047, the silent reneging on the commitment to not push the frontier), and someone has said something to the effect of: “this wouldn’t seem so bad if you knew what was happening behind the scenes.”
I just wanted to +1 that I am also concerned about this trend, and I view it as one of the things that I think has pushed me (as well as many others in the community) to lose a lot of faith in corporate governance (especially of the “look, we can’t make any tangible commitments but you should just trust us to do what’s right” variety) and instead look to governments to get things under control.
I don’t think Anthropic is solely to blame for this trend, of course, but I think Anthropic has performed less well on comms/policy than I [and IMO many others] would’ve predicted if you had asked me [or us] in 2022.
I just wanted to +1 that I am also concerned about this trend, and I view it as one of the things that I think has pushed me (as well as many others in the community) to lose a lot of faith in corporate governance (especially of the “look, we can’t make any tangible commitments but you should just trust us to do what’s right” variety) and instead look to governments to get things under control.
I don’t think Anthropic is solely to blame for this trend, of course, but I think Anthropic has performed less well on comms/policy than I [and IMO many others] would’ve predicted if you had asked me [or us] in 2022.