Essay argues you can't understand Anthropic without imagining Los Alamos physicists after Trinity
himanshustwts · x · 2026-11-02
An AI-culture observation circulating on X: an article claims it's impossible to understand Anthropic without putting yourself in the shoes of the Los Alamos physicists huddling at sunrise after the Trinity test — a telling metaphor for Anthropic's Manhattan-Project-style safety self-image.
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