Economist DeLong: Anthropic is millenarian fanatics chasing Digital God
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-10-29
Economist Bradford DeLong argues Anthropic-as-organization is "a bunch of millenarian fanatics chasing the dream of building Digital God," while Anthropic-as-company is a different beast — and its executives must pretend to be the latter to achieve the former. Gary Marcus amplified the take.
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