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AI companies in race to demonstrate their model most threatening to humanity

441 points · 399 comments · ljewalsh

koolba · 1790595498 · focus · HN ↗
> Where companies previously competed to demonstrate superior abilities in programming, passive-aggressive emails, and videos of unusually high slides, they’re now seeking to woo customers with the claim that their model is the one currently most capable of ending the human race.
You know we’re living it off times when this is not an Onion article.
1. usef- · 1790596818 · focus · HN ↗
  This is a satire website too.
  "said Dr. Andrew Lenson, a Senior Lecturer in all kinds of science sounding stuff"
  "Anthropic shares skyrocketed upon the revelations; a remarkable development, particularly given the company is privately owned."
  Perhaps it's mocking the misleading press coverage of AI companies?

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