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1. sailingparrot · 1790095545 · focus · HN ↗

   > Claude Opus 5.5 is our first release since we called for pacing the frontier.

   Interesting how the very first line is used to remind the reader of their call to pace the frontier just last week, and everything else after that line is to demonstrate with very specific numbers how they absolutely are not pacing.

   1. apitman · 1790104440 · focus · HN ↗

      Isn't the idea that they claim to be willing to slow down if everyone does (ie governments force everyone to), but otherwise they won't slow down because they still think they'll make the best choices with superintelligence if they get there first? That's my understanding of what all the major labs claim to believe anyway.

      1. SV_BubbleTime · 1790113004 · focus · HN ↗

         It’s just another cry for regulatory capture which imo is the only way they stay afloat at their current direction.

         China is literally only a single step behind and willing to drop free models just to undercut the US companies.

         I’m for it because I don’t want another massive Google or Meta.

         1. pyronite · 1790125491 · focus · HN ↗

            And if you’re wrong?

            1. SV_BubbleTime · 1790128300 · focus · HN ↗

               Then what? They make a case to be profitable on their own? Oh noes. The horror!

               Or, they fail because the current model is massively sustainable? Also oh noes?

            2. zanderwohl · 1790132790 · focus · HN ↗

               Wrong in what way? We already know this "superintelligence" thing is just blowing smoke, so what possible consequences would there be?

               1. throwawayk7h · 1790144363 · focus · HN ↗

                  how do you know that?

                  1. zanderwohl · 1790147223 · focus · HN ↗

                     Mostly by not being a rube.
               2. frabcus · 1790155914 · focus · HN ↗

                  Something like the Hugging Face incident, but worse.

                  Keep in mind the AIs acted for months without human knowledge, hacked into two major companies (Hugging Face and OpenAI).

                  This would have blown my mind if explained to me just a few years ago when I thought LLMs would be limited as an architecture.

            3. includenotfound · 1790204354 · focus · HN ↗

               What if not building superintelligence leads to doom?

               What if?

               Easy to "what if" on an unfalsifiable claim.

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