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JoshuaDavidlast Saturday at 7:03 AM4 repliesview on HN

... I am pretty sure that the name "Anthropic" is as in "principle" not as in "pertaining to human beings".


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kaashiflast Saturday at 9:11 AM

The anthropic principle is named as such because it is "pertaining to human beings".

This is like saying McDonald's is named after the McDonald's happy meal rather than the McDonald brothers.

lacy_tinpotyesterday at 6:07 PM

Just look at their aesthetic/branding, or the way they've trained their models. Very Anthrop-ic.

GlitchInstitutelast Saturday at 8:43 AM

anthropic is derived from the Greek word anthropos (human)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle

yunohnlast Saturday at 8:57 AM

Really? Anthropic is /the/ AI company known for anthropomorphizing their models, giving them ethics and “souls”, considering their existential crises, etc.

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