[austinjp]

I always feel this argument misses a point. SkyNet may still be a long way off, but autonomous killer drones are here. That is a bad situation my dudes.

Every step on the journey towards SkyNet is worse than the preceding step. Let's not split hairs about which step we're on: it's getting worse, and we should stop that.

[overgard]

Using LLMs for weapons is a grave misunderstanding of what LLMs are actually good for. These are things that should NEVER be in charge of life or death decisions.

[cmrdporcupine]

My point is that Anthropic are bullshit as "safety" and "gatekeeper" personalities because they're warning us of exactly the wrong things.

They'll ink deals with all sorts of nefarious parties and be involved in all sorts of dubious things while trumpeting their fake non-profit status and wringing their hands about imminent AGI and "alignment" of the created AIs.

The concern I have is not the alignment of the AIs. They're not capable of having one, no matter what role playing window dressing they put on it.

It's the alignment of Anthropic and the people who use their tools that is a concern. So far it seems f*cked.