Anthropic warns of catastrophic AI risk while building labs where AI runs scientific equipment
VraserX · x · 2026-09-19
Commenter VraserX highlights an apparent contradiction: Anthropic simultaneously warns about catastrophic AI risk and is building labs where AI can control scientific equipment.
The author argues this isn't hypocrisy but a perfect illustration of why the technology is so hard to govern — the upside and the risk come from the same capability.
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