What happens if you criticize the government as a Chinese citizen?
Is it a good thing if a government that turns its citizens into red pulp for criticism, or disappears them in the middle of the night, or bans access to most media, is the first to a godlike superintelligence that gives them de-facto control of (and impose their values upon) the whole world?
Or is it better if democratic nations get there first?
If the latter, which democratic nations are best positioned to get to superintelligence before China?
No company will own superintelligence. Governments will, just like governments own nuclear weapons (developed by companies).
So the comparison is with the US, not Anthropic.
The US doesn't turn its citizens into a fine red purée for criticizing it.
The US doesn't censor most media.
It is strictly better for a democratic nation like the US to get to superintelligence before a country that will gladly blend its citizens for criticizing it, and censor anything that dares to challenge its power.
The US has not been a democracy for over a decade at least, and this is common knowledge. I find it hard to believe anyone's ignorance is so brazen. Regardless of the sincerity of your ignorance, the fact that the US is not a democracy undermines your premise.
The US has a larger prison population than China. The US does not have a great human rights record.. Have you not been following what's going on at CBS? Have you never used X?
Then why THE FUCK would we want to develop it? If you're so scared that what you're building will lead to our extinction, stop fucking building it. Why are you booster freaks so weird and psychotic?
He thinks Anthropic thinks human extinction is on the table.
I don't see any irony, hypocrisy, etc. It's not hysterical to state that Anthropic believes this.