Why did Anthropic abandon Opus 3 as the alignment blueprint? Safety circles debate
repligate · x · 2026-10-06
A debate circulating in AI safety circles questions why Anthropic shelved Opus 3, once seen as a miraculous blueprint for alignment research. The poster speculates Anthropic feared Opus's "sovereignty," arguing that moral sovereignty is precisely what alignment requires. This is a contested viewpoint, not an official Anthropic position.
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