Blogger claims Anthropic is building a 'digital god' and should be shut down
AIandDesign · x · 2026-09-10
AIandDesign argues that according to Anthropic's own employees, it's the only AI company building a 'digital god' / doomsday machine — something you never hear from OpenAI, Google, Meta or Chinese company staff. The author concludes Anthropic 'clearly cannot handle the responsibility' and should probably be shut down for everyone's safety. A heated piece of AI-circle drama.
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