he's a Hudson River School painter and the Hudson River School was largely concerned with painting God's splendor and they think they've created God
Re:Anthropic IPO
by OtherShrezzing on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:21PM
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Having interviewed with them, this was one of my lasting impressions. One of my interviewers was missing out on their parental leave for their newborn because their work at Anthropic was too important.
Re:Anthropic IPO
by Forgeties79 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:30PM
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That’s some serious wework energy right there and I really don’t care for it
Re:Anthropic IPO
by IAmGraydon on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:23PM
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That painting is by John Frederick Kensett. It's called "Hudson River Scene", but they flipped it horizontally (mirrored) for some reason. I guess they wanted to use it insinuate that stonk goes up and to the right? Weird, either way.
> That painting is by John Frederick Kensett. It's called "Hudson River Scene"
Ah yes, good catch! Edited the comment
Yeah, good point — not sure I've ever seen anyone "flipping" the classical painting before...
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Thank you for this comment. I notice this so much, and other companies have begun to copy it. It reads as humanwashing their brand to me.
Re:Anthropic IPO
by furyofantares on Thursday November 12, 2026 @04:05PM
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Well, it fits their name, at least. You could make that argument about the company name if you wanted.
To me, this technology and these AI companies, in their current form, are as far away from the 19th century landscape paintings as they could get. As if they're trying to leech off them and fix their branding/message. Doesn't seem fair for some reason