alt Hacker NewsAmong other consequences, if Anthropic ends up being killed it’s going to be just another nail in the coffin of trust in America.
Companies who subscribed will find themselves without an important tool because the president went on a rant, and might wonder if it’s safe to depend on other American companies.
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skeledrew • today at 3:23 AM
When you put it like that, it makes me almost want to wish for Anthropic to die from this. But the blow to the field in general would be huge, and I benefit from their service as well.
refurb • today at 7:06 AM
Oh come on. Saying “no” is not eroding trust, it’s taking a stand.
When the US banded human embryo research did that erode trust? I didn’t hear anything about that at the time.
Anthropic will just move out of the US. A lot of scientists fled Nazi Germany in the early stages. A lot of them fled to USA and end up being part of the Manhattan project that gave the Abomb that helped US win and end the war. We are going to bleed a lot of AI researches and engineers.