Would a safety-first lab exist without Anthropic's founders? X thread debates
anpaure · x · 2026-09-12
A counterfactual discussion: Google would likely still fumble, other labs would emerge and competition would persist, but Anthropic's phenomenon owes greatly to its founding team — any single flaky founder could have caused a cascade like at new labs. Whether a replacement would be safety-first remains doubtful.
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