Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by thomascountz on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:05AM
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I think you misunderstand what is meant by 'wealth inequality.' Wealth inequality is about the imbalance of influence and the concentration of power; where influence and power refer to the ability to effect change in other people's lives. This isn't a personal annoyance of mine. It is, in fact, part of the issue at hand. There is a strong financial incentive to ignore the existential threats introduced by LLMs, despite the consequences for so many of us.
He knows what wealth inequality is. You need to explain how it can somehow lead to the extinction of the human race.
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by thomascountz on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:55AM
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See: nuclear weapon development and climate change. See: supply chain shortages and war. See: disinformation against vaccines.
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by idle_zealot on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:04AM
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It's not a "personal annoyance" that twelve people control half of the wealth in the world. Our current society did a better job concentrating power than any previous one, and concentrated power is extremely dangerous.
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by Paradigma11 on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:45AM
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LLMs give most people on this planet the possibility of an affordable genius level assistant. Compared to that, those Dollar numbers on some networks that might be wiped out with the next financial crisis are meaningless.
No it doesn't. What it does is give those 12 people new avenues to spread their fake propaganda.
I don’t think you’ve fully considered what can happen when concentration of wealth continues past a certain point.
Not at all. Concentration of power has historically been extremely dangerous for the powerless.
Tell that to Tsar Nicholas.
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by zombiwoof on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:54AM
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The guillotine was an amazing equalizer
lmao wtf
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by TheBozzCL on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:04AM
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Calling things you disagree with "slop" is slop /s
But just in case you haven't noticed, we live in a world where a ridiculously wealthy minority can derail whole countries by ther whims. Wealth concentrating on a single select few is an absolute disaster for the rest of us, because we lose power to them.
> Calling things you disagree with "slop" is slop /s
Does this apply recursively? /s
Re:I resigned from Anthropic today
by alightsoul on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:00AM
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Yeah, wealth inequality rests solely on each individual that experiences it. Humans should do nothing but give me money and if you can't that's your problem.
The OP is talking about existential threats, not things that personally annoy you.