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pjmlp
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Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge
Always the same "Do no evil" tragedy, don't believe in corporations.
tortilla
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What if we start a company with "Always Be Evilin'?" Then gradually over time convert to "Don't be evil" *
* Our shareholders will probably sue us
jkestner
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If your company makes a product that does thinking for people, it’ll be easier to just gradually change its definition of evil.
lp4v4n
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What about "It's free and always will be"?
don-code
57 days ago
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There was an article a few years ago here on HN about "can't be evil" business models, which used Costco as an example. As soon as Costco turns evil, it stops working.
https://www.bryanlehrer.com/entries/costco/
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