Re Anthropic and (unpopular) parallels to FTX, just thinking that it’s pretty remarkable that no one has brought up the fact that SBF, Caroline Ellison and FTX were major funders ofAnthropic. Arguably Anthropic wouldn’t be where they are today without their help! It’s unfortunate the journalist didn’t press them on this.
No, just saying that without their massive injection of cash, Anthropic might not be where they are today. I think the counterfactual where there wasn’t any “EA” investment into Anthropic would be significantly slower growth of the company (and, arguably, one fewer frontier AI company today).
Re Anthropic and (unpopular) parallels to FTX, just thinking that it’s pretty remarkable that no one has brought up the fact that SBF, Caroline Ellison and FTX were major funders of Anthropic. Arguably Anthropic wouldn’t be where they are today without their help! It’s unfortunate the journalist didn’t press them on this.
Is your claim that somehow FTX investing in Anthropic has caused Anthropic to be FTX-like in the relevant ways? That seems implausible.
No, just saying that without their massive injection of cash, Anthropic might not be where they are today. I think the counterfactual where there wasn’t any “EA” investment into Anthropic would be significantly slower growth of the company (and, arguably, one fewer frontier AI company today).