alt Hacker NewsBecause most people in tech never took a philosophy course or an ethics course and think that tech is obviously a good for the world and that there are no downsides to advancing tech. So any efforts that try to apply ethics to it are overreaching, ignorant, and futile in the face of the good that is tech!
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Not any efforts.
But this one is certainly allowed to be a dumb effort, if it is.
Not all things that are called “ethical” or “safety” are worth doing.
So i have big news for you my friend as i'm not sure you understand such courses. Taking an ethics course won't make you a more ethical person.. and taking a philosophy course neither.
Or... they just disagree with Anthropic's ethical stances and approach to applying them?
I like this take. Especially because one of the sibling comments framed Anthropic's stance as "paternalism." Trying to be ethical and to minimize harm, even at great expense to one's finances and reputation, is paternalistic apparently.
Or alternatively, it is plain and obvious that Anthropic is using ethics to justify business decisions.