I’ll explain my downvote.
I think the thing you’re expressing is fine, and reasonable to be worried about. I think Anthropic should be clear about their strategy. The Google investment does give me pause, and my biggest worry about Anthropic (as with many people, I think) has always been that their strategy could ultimately lead to accelerating capabilities more than alignment.
I just don’t think this post expressed that thing particularly well, or in a way I’d expect or want Anthropic to feel compelled to respond to. My preferred version of this would engage with reasons in favor of Anthropic’s actions, and how recent actions have concretely differed from what they’ve stated in the past.
My understanding of (part of) their strategy has always been that they want to work with the largest models, and sometimes release products with the possibility of profiting off of them (hence the PBC structure rather than a nonprofit). These ideas also sound reasonable (but not bulletproof) to me, so I consequently didn’t see the Google deal as a sudden change of direction or backstab—it’s easily explainable (although possibly concerning) in my preexisting model of what Anthropic’s doing.
So my objection is jumping to a “demand answers” framing, FTX comparisons, and accusations of Machiavellian scheming, rather than an “I’d really like Anthropic to comment on why they think this is good, and I’m worried they’re not adequately considering the downsides” framing. The former, to me, requires significantly more evidence of wrongdoing than I’m aware of or you’ve provided.
On their page explaining their definition of positive impact in more depth, footnote 1 clarifies:
“We often say “helping people” here for simplicity and brevity, but we don’t mean just humans — we mean anyone with experience that matters morally — e.g. nonhuman animals that can suffer or feel happiness, even conscious machines if they ever exist.”
I think it would be better to make it clearer that animals are included. But its not the case that they exclude animals from moral consideration.
https://80000hours.org/articles/what-is-social-impact-definition/