Comment by tptacek
7 hours ago
I have zero financial stake in Anthropic and more broadly my career is more threatened by LLM-assisted vulnerability research (something I do not personally do serious work on) than it is aided by it, but I understand that the first principal component of casual skepticism on HN is "must be a conflict of interest".
I think the first principle should be "don't trust random person on the internet"
(But if you think Tom is random, look at his profile. First link, not second)
You still haven't answered why I should care that you, a stranger on the internet, believes some unsubstantiated hearsay?
Take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders
The user you're suspicious of is pretty well-known in this community.
Someone's credibility cannot be determined by their point counts. Holy fuck is that not a way to evaluate someone in the slightest. Points don't matter.
Instead look at their profile...
Points != creds. Creds == creds.
Don't be fucking lazy and rely on points, especially when they link their identity.
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How is this whole comment chain not a textbook case of "argument from authority"? I claim A, a guys says. Why would I trust you somebody else responds. Well he's pretty well known on the internet forum we're all on, the third guy says, adding nothing to the conversation.
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