Claude Is a Space to Think(www.anthropic.com)
28 pointsby meetpateltech4 hours ago6 comments
  • JohnnyMarcone40 minutes ago
    I really hope Anthropic turns out to be one of the 'good guys', or at least a net positive.

    It appears they trend in the right direction:

    - Have not kissed the Ring.

    - Oppose blocking AI regulation that other's support (e.g. They do not support banning state AI laws [2]).

    - Committing to no ads.

    - Willing to risk defense department contract over objections to use for lethal operations [1]

    The things that are concerning: - Palantir partnership (I'm unclear about what this actually is) [3]

    - Have shifted stances as competition increased (e.g. seeking authoritarian investors [4])

    It inevitable that they will have to compromise on values as competition increases and I struggle parsing the difference marketing and actually caring about values. If an organization cares about values, it's suboptimal not to highlight that at every point via marketing. The commitment to no ads is obviously good PR but if it comes from a place of values, it's a win-win.

    I'm curious, how do others here think about Anthropic?

    [1]https://archive.is/Pm2QS

    [2]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/opinion/anthropic-ceo-reg...

    [3]https://investors.palantir.com/news-details/2024/Anthropic-a...

    [4]https://archive.is/4NGBE

    • skybrian26 minutes ago
      When powerful people, companies, and other organizations like governments do a whole lot of very good and very bad things, figuring out whether this rounds to “more good than bad” or “more bad than good” is kind of a fraught question. I think Anthropic is still in the “more good than bad” range, but it doesn’t make sense to think about it along the lines of heros versus villains. They’ve done things that I put in the “seems bad” column, and will likely do more. Also more good things, too.

      They’re moving towards becoming load-bearing infrastructure and then answering specific questions about what you should do about it become rather situational.

  • tizzzzz15 minutes ago
    That's true. CI in all of my conversations with AIThat's true. In all my conversations with AI, I think CIaude's thinking is the richest.
  • raahelb2 hours ago
    > Anthropic is focused on businesses, developers, and helping our users flourish. Our business model is straightforward: we generate revenue through enterprise contracts and paid subscriptions, and we reinvest that revenue into improving Claude for our users. This is a choice with tradeoffs, and we respect that other AI companies might reasonably reach different conclusions.

    Very diplomatic of them to say "we respect that other AI companies might reasonably reach different conclusions" while also taking a dig at OpenAI on their youtube channel

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRu7DdTTVA

  • electsaudit0q4 hours ago
    This resonates alot with how I've been using Claude lately. The best sessions feel less like chatting with an AI and more like thinking out loud with someone who actually listens. The 'space to think' framing captures something I couldnt quite articulate before - its not about getting answers, its about having a patient collaborator while you work through problems. Wonder if this is closer to what pair programming was supposed to feel like.
  • mynti4 hours ago
    I think this says a lot about the business approach of Anthopic compared to OpenAI. Just the vast amount of free messages you get from OpenAI is crazy that turning a profit with that seems impossible. Anthropic is growing more slowly but it seems like they are not running a crazy deficit. They do not need to put ads or porn in their chatbot
  • ChrisArchitect14 minutes ago
    So apparently they're going to run a Super Bowl ad about ChatGPT having ads (without saying ChatGPT of course)........ Has doing an ad that focuses only on something about your competitor ever been the best play? Talk about yourself.

    Obviously it's a play, honing in on privacy/anti-ad concerns, like a Mozilla type angle, but really it's a huge ad buy just to slag off the competitors. Worth the expense just to drive that narrative?

    Ads playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf2m23nhTg1OW258b3XBi...