Yep, I guess I’m into people trying to figure out what they think and which arguments seem convincing, and I think that it’s good to highlight sources of perspectives that people might find helpful-according-to-their-own-judgement for that. I do think I have found Drexler’s writing on AI singularly helpful on my inside-view judgements.
That said: absolutely seems good for you to offer counterarguments! Not trying to dismiss that (but I did want to explain why the counterargument wasn’t landing for me).
I feel better about Anthropic as a result of this change, although I understand if people feel worse. But I think that the proper target of their upset should be past-Anthropic declaring that it would hold to kind of confused/dubious standards (which I worry may have been corrosive for people’s ability to think clearly about what is needed), rather than current Anthropic correcting that.
(I previously felt that the RSP commitments were kind of “off” somehow, and reading the new things feels like fresh air, people taking a more serious look and engaging with the world for real. I don’t think I should get any credit for this feeling! Indeed despite feeling that they were “off”, I didn’t super engage or even manage to get to the bottom of why they felt off. I’m just expressing my feelings as this reaction seemed like a missing mood in the conversation.)