Investor Stewart Alsop mocks Anthropic's 'rationalist eschatology' and predicts a cult of hype
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-20
Early-stage investor Stewart Alsop III posted a sarcastic take predicting a 2010s-style adoration of Anthropic akin to the old Zuckerberg worship. He mocked the company's stance as 'instead of aligning with your customers, align with bizarre eschatology that no one else shares except for the other rationalists in your polycule.' The post captures ongoing Silicon Valley VC criticism of Anthropic's safety-first culture, a recurring fault line between the AI safety camp and the business-driven camp.
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