Anthropic's Paradox: Warning of AI Dangers While Racing to Build More Powerful Models
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Maxwell Zeff
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Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has spent years warning about the existential dangers of advanced AI while simultaneously becoming one of the most powerful forces pushing AI capabilities forward. The company courts customers like the US military and was recently valued at nearly $1 trillion. Critics argue this represents a contradiction — accumulating power while warning about its dangers — but Anthropic maintains that active participation in AI development is the only way to ensure it's built safely and responsibly.
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Anthropic's critics argue it's rapidly accumulating power. The company says that's what responsible AI development looks like.
Anthropic has spent the last five years warning the world about how advanced artificial intelligence could enable mass destruction, destabilize society, and cause a litany of other grave harms.
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