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There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #123

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I agree. This situation was created in the first place because both parties and their constituents have been OK giving the executive branch more and more power as long as it benefits “their team”.

Saying "both sides" doesn't make you enlightened. It's either intellectual laziness or intentional dishonesty. I absolutely abhor "bothsidesism". One party is rounding up people and putting them into concentration camps while doing a mass deportation. That same party is trying to end birthright citizenship. That same party set the world order ablaze with a completely pointless tariffs regime. That same party started…

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Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #360

This kills the entire enterprise market for AI models better than Opus 4.8 1) No one is going to build any workflows/capabilities that could have the underlying intelligence rug pulled instantly by a bureaucracy or malevolent politician. 2) Even if a company was silly enough to take on the risk, is Anthropic going to ask all their enterprise customers to provide passports for all their employees and then setup indivi…

For American AI models better than Opus 4.8. The much-decried EU AI Act provides a safe, predictable regulatory framework to base ones AI development on. It provides legal stability compared to unpredictable arbitrary decisions by the US executive. If AI companies have any sort of sense in them, they'd be well-advised to consider relocating to Europe.

> It provides legal stability compared to unpredictable arbitrary decisions by the US executive.

I don't think assuming the European commission will act rationally or stably on this is really a good idea, and I say that as a European...

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #103

>custom harness Means you pay full price per token right? (Which I think works out to roughly 10x more than using Claude Code?) Actually, for enterprise I think it doesn't make a difference anymore, since they switched to per-token billing.

Correct on Enterprise. Teams has a 150 user cap.

On Enterprise you might end up saving money if the other harness is more efficient.

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #24

Any reason to think that open models will not catch up, given enough time?

I suspect it will lead to less open sourcing but at the same time that will drive on premise deployment demand from enterprises.

If that happens, presumably the weights eventually make their way online...

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #360

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For American AI models better than Opus 4.8. The much-decried EU AI Act provides a safe, predictable regulatory framework to base ones AI development on. It provides legal stability compared to unpredictable arbitrary decisions by the US executive. If AI companies have any sort of sense in them, they'd be well-advised to consider relocating to Europe.

> It provides legal stability compared to unpredictable arbitrary decisions by the US executive. I don't think assuming the European commission will act rationally or stably on this is really a good idea, and I say that as a European...

It's all a spectrum. Considering the alternative...

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #238

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>I've really come around to trusting OpenAI a lot more than Anthropic Pretty wild statement given the "Pathological liar" chat around the OAI leader

You can infer a pathological liar's true intentions from the incentives they find themselves subject to, but not a zealot's.

So in summary, your statement is that you’ve “come around to trusting” this “pathological liar”?

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #338

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> You either have lost touch with reality so far to be unable to understand what "oppressed" means or you're just parotting someone else who suffers from that affliction. This 100% applies to you. If you can’t see ICE actions as oppressive, you’ve definitely lost touch with reality.

ICE is just enforcing law. Also they're enforcing the law regardless of the skim color. There are plenty of white people which have been removed from the USA by ICE, consequently invalidating the previous thesis of it being about white/straight people.

Complete brainrot...

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #214

The excessive scepticism on Hacker News has poisoned any attempts at rational AI discourse. The American Government has weaponised state power in a clumsy, corrupt and punitive attack against Anthropic, in an escalating war over control of AI. Meanwhile, HN has anchored on "marketing hype" as the only possible explanation - all evidence is contorted to fit into this increasingly contrived explanation. Object level an…

This take feels a little like the clergy saying printing presses are dangerous because people will read bad things and spread bad ideas. Turns out they totalky did, but on net it's a small price to pay for widespread literacy.

Right, but the widespread literacy took generations to take hold. But, the threat was immediate.

I think, in the long run, of course AI is a boon. But I’m not immortal, and right now it’s a threat to all our livelihoods. We should put ourselves first, and be selfish, while we’re still alive to be selfish.

Re: There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing

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post #228

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Yes, I want that 'super weapon' in everyone's hands. Better than the hands of a few. Same thing as literacy. I believe in the power of the do-gooders to overwhelm the do-badders.

Americans be like

how dare the government infringe my right to possess privately-owned McNukes
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