This is “do I have to believe it?” rather than “does this evidence suggest it?” thinking. They are simply not being forthright about the deep extent of the relationship between Anthropic and EA this whole time.
This whole thing is about two quotes with 44 words in total, which really don’t seem to me to be false or misleading. Based on the little information I have, in the context of the article, I think they make the representation of the relationship closer to what I think is true, and consistent with previous messaging from them.
Of course I could be wrong and Askell and Amodei could secretly mostly have EA friends, go to EA parties, secretly self-identify with the community, etc. but I don’t think there’s public evidence to suggest that.
This whole thing is about two quotes with 44 words in total, which really don’t seem to me to be false or misleading. Based on the little information I have, in the context of the article, I think they make the representation of the relationship closer to what I think is true, and consistent with previous messaging from them.
Of course I could be wrong and Askell and Amodei could secretly mostly have EA friends, go to EA parties, secretly self-identify with the community, etc. but I don’t think there’s public evidence to suggest that.