zetalyrae calls out Anthropic co-founder's fatalistic framing of AI progress as passive-voice deflection
wfithian · x · 2026-11-06
zetalyrae criticizes Anthropic co-founder Sam McCandlish's response to METR's report for passive-voice framing—"how quickly AI progress is accelerating... in anticipation of progress continuing to accelerate"—as if AI progress were an irrevocable natural phenomenon. His retort: "No, you are doing this!"—a jab at safety leads using fatalistic language to deflect agency for acceleration decisions.
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