Manning: METR is financially independent but shares Anthropic's worldview
chrmanning · x · 2026-09-17
Christopher Manning argues METR's financial independence doesn't make it worldview-independent: the eval org is too aligned with Anthropic's perspective. He highlights university research's intellectual rigor and creativity, broader constituencies, and regular personnel turnover as structural advantages for evaluating increasingly powerful AI amid heavy hype.
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