Anthropic researcher: bad-faith criticism subtly trains you to dismiss all criticism
rgblong · x · 2026-11-08
Anthropic's Beth May Barnes argues that receiving lots of criticism based on obviously wrong premises about your motives or the facts subtly corrupts you — it trains you to dismiss criticism, making it hard for people to reach you when they're actually right about your mistakes. rgblong jokingly replied "Anthropic is literally paying you to say that," then clarified it was a joke.
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