China state newspaper blasts Anthropic's calls to slow AI as 'Cold War' tactic(www.reuters.com)
8 pointsby magoghm5 hours ago2 comments
  • 8by35 hours ago
    Its not even a thinly veiled attack on China, https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontier explicitly calls out China as the boogey man.

    I'm by no means a fan of all of China's methods – its a country riddled with issues and contradictions, but can any country claim otherwise, can the US?

    I've often wondered how executives and politicians can be so brazenly dishonest and still hold a straight face. One explanation is they really believe the lies they tell, but I can't believe that in this case.

    • qarl5 hours ago
      I think it's pretty clear that the U.S. and China are in an AI arms race - and I didn't see where the essay said anything like "boogey man". I think it merely cites China as the competitor. No?

      But I agree entirely - the U.S. does not have the moral high ground it once did. Which is a tragedy. I think by and large it was a good thing that the U.S. beat the Germans to nukes. Today, I am not sure who I should be rooting for.

  • asrk-qlwu4 hours ago
    They are not completely opposed to regulations. Reuters is blocked, but this appears to be the source. Amodei spews so much daily nonsense that it is hard to pin down which one exactly they reacted to:

    https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202609/1370462.shtml