Anthropic orders AI tool Claude to stop remaking video games(www.gamedeveloper.com)
20 pointsby llm_nerd7 hours ago5 comments
  • ronburgandy2814 minutes ago
    I'd be interested to hear an opinion from Anthropic on this; there are two angles: why would they make content-related decisions going beyond any lawful use, and second, wouldn't this specific issue be antithetical to how LLMs work? Training frontier models was effectively the single largest instance of piracy in human history. I'm not passing judgement on whether that is good or bad, just calling it what it is, and saying that re-creations are objectively less controversial than that.
  • augment_me5 hours ago
    Is there any calculation/projection/cost-benefit done on the effects of these measures? I did not renew my Google AI sub because Gemini started to reject transcribing song lyrics due to IP. This seems like a similar thing
    • anothereng3 hours ago
      maybe this is what will get people to use grok or chinese models. At some point they're too restrictive. Claude refused to help me scrape a public website they themselves have gotten their info from..
  • iAMkenough8 minutes ago
    Next, they’ll order it to stop remaking software.
  • ThrowawayR25 hours ago
    While I agree that lowlife opportunists using generative AI to front-run game creators is scummy, having the AI playing cop is not the right thing to do. There are any number of posts on HN describing misfires of these rules blocking legitimate user requests.

    The AI bros want to liken AI to a compiler (*cough*BS*cough*); well, I've never had a compiler try to decline to compile code on moral grounds.

    • vintagedave4 hours ago
      I oversee and contribute to compilers / toolchains, and I have sometimes had worries about what 'my' compiler could contribute to. I am of course not responsible, but it's not a nice feeling to know a path towards some unpleasant end had steps that involved you.

      It reminds me of that version of Linux that was used for automated gun targeting and firing, perhaps in the early 2000s. Authors gave away their code as open source, and then that open source was used for what many felt was an evil purpose. A path to something many disliked or opposed now included them and their actions, despite their good intentions.

      • ThrowawayR23 hours ago
        Sure, this rule is for a good cause (protecting small games developers) but it is a rule about protecting commercial interests of a group. One can imagine how it might be extended to protect larger, less worthy commercial interests. Imagine a compiler that declined to compile Linux or *BSD because they replicate the functionality of Solaris / HP-UX / AIX / Windows.
    • traverseda4 hours ago
      It would if the people who owned the compiler had enough market power. Thank gnu for keeping us out of that world.
  • Magnesium02263 hours ago
    another reason not to pay for those products