This is one of the reasons Anthropic can stay competitive with OpenAI on a fraction of the budget and with less than half the headcount.

The smartest people, that actually believe they have the skillset to take us to AGI, understand the importance of safety. They have largely joined Anthropic. The talent density at Anthropic is unmatched.

"All lawful use" is the weasel word that makes the whole contract useless for the purposes of safety.

That is why it is the focus of this debate.

I used to write off Annie's statements as mad raving, but the more I see how Sam acts the more I'm starting to think she might be telling the truth after all.

Psychopaths tend to be dumb (but not always), and the smartest researchers that actually care about getting humanity to AGI tend to be safety conscious.

This has been a huge talent advertisement for Anthropic. Their recruiting just got easier for the next 6 months.

You are exactly correct and this is what Dario has been speaking up about.

He calls this exact scenario out in last night's interview: https://youtu.be/MPTNHrq_4LU

Top researchers are more valuable than datacenters

Wow, how incredibly anti-human. Humanity's only hope seems to be Anthropic getting to ASI first and locking OpenAI out.

If you want privacy the only option that reasonably delivers is Moxie's https://confer.to

But tbh I just switched to Anthropic, they need all the support they can get. Claude is great for question/answer.

There is no satisfying some people. Anthropic took a stand that will likely be the end of them. Still, there's a whole list of other things you want them to do before they meet your moral bar.

Realistically, they can never meet your bar no matter what because you have decided "they are scum". You hold this view despite never actually talking with anyone at Anthropic or engaging their views in good faith.

To answer your question directly: Staking your existence on your principles against a vindictive government is a much bigger deal than pirating some books.

Because it is incredibly disgusting/bad form to swoop in like this.