> HN hysteria is ridiculous.
> this is a race that will result in the extinction of humanity if you fail in these goals
> this is a race that will result in the extinction of humanity if you fail in these goals
He thinks Anthropic thinks human extinction is on the table.
I don't see any irony, hypocrisy, etc. It's not hysterical to state that Anthropic believes this.
How irrational and hysterical of me!
How are individual freedoms in China?
What happens if you criticize the government as a Chinese citizen?
Is it a good thing if a government that turns its citizens into red pulp for criticism, or disappears them in the middle of the night, or bans access to most media, is the first to a godlike superintelligence that gives them de-facto control of (and impose their values upon) the whole world?
Or is it better if democratic nations get there first?
If the latter, which democratic nations are best positioned to get to superintelligence before China?
So the comparison is with the US, not Anthropic.
The US doesn't turn its citizens into a fine red purée for criticizing it.
The US doesn't censor most media.
It is strictly better for a democratic nation like the US to get to superintelligence before a country that will gladly blend its citizens for criticizing it, and censor anything that dares to challenge its power.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/...
The US has a larger prison population than China. The US does not have a great human rights record.. Have you not been following what's going on at CBS? Have you never used X?
You are grossly misinformed if you think this is comparable. Do you know what China does to their human rights lawyers!? They get shipped off to concentration camps, get forced to eat their own shit, raped, tortured, and/or killed.
57k people disappeared since 2013, 5-15k more every year, and no one dares to criticize the government anymore.
If you criticize the government you get a friendly "visit" from the police. Do it again and you spend 6 months in prison without trial; again, and you're "disappeared" (to the same camps.)
You cannot even watch most media unless the government lets you.
If you truly think these countries are remotely comparable in human rights, your liberal arts education has totally and utterly failed you! Spend some time outside of the tech bubble for your own sake.
The AI race is between China and the US. When super intelligence arrives it will be due to one of these two countries, since the EU has not participated in any meaningful way.
The US is clearly more of a democracy than China with a better human rights track record. For one, I can actually Watch most media in US without censorship. For another, the US does not force me to eat my own feces, rape, torture, and murder me if I become a human rights lawyer, or send me to a concentration if I criticize the government.