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Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by passwordoops on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:47AM (#42917260)
I agree with your sentiment. But coming from a generative AI company that says "career development" and "communication" are among their two most popular use cases... That's like a tobacco company telling employees they are not permitted to smoke tobacco
Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by radu_floricica on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:54AM (#42917294)
Well, they probably aren't permitted to smoke tobacco indoors.

I honestly fail to see even the irony. "Company that makes hammers doesn't want you to use hammers all the time". It's a tool.

But if I squint, I _can_ see a mean-spirited "haha, look at those hypocrites" coming from people who enjoy tearing others down for no particular reason.

Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by passwordoops on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:10AM (#42917375)
But it's ok for Anthropic's marketing, sales and development teams to push to use case (AI for writing, communication and career development)?

Even when squinting I can't see a genuine argument for why Anthrpoic shouldn't be raked over the coals for their sheer hypocrisy

Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by demosthanos on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:07AM (#42918343)
Do you have an example of the kind of marketing or sales push for communication use cases that you're implying exists? OpenAI totally does have a huge marketing arm, but Anthropic's home page doesn't make it look like they have a very large marketing or sales department at all—it looks like it was designed by the researchers themselves.
Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by rfrey on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:21AM (#42917452)
"Company that makes hammers for nailing wood together doesn't want candidates to use hammers during their wood-nailing test."
Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by vntok on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:02PM (#42921558)
That makes no sense. It would rather be something like this, which actually makes sense:

> Company that makes hammers for nailing wood together doesn't want candidates to use hammers during their hammer-making test.

Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by jusssi on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:54AM (#42917295)
A brewery telling their employees to not drink the product while at work?
Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by darkwater on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:48AM (#42917663)
If only there were many jobs that mandate to drink alcohol to enhance your capabilities...
Re:Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants" by volleygman180 on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:41AM (#42918116)
It'd be more analogous if it were a brewery telling interviewees not to drink during the interview