Comment by perching_aix

> Can't believe they haven't at least figured out better messaging. If we take them at their word, it's hard not to read it as a messiah complex, that they think they're the only ones capable or worthy of making these decisions.

Can't say I had such troubles actually, no. Their position can be extended to any and every model provider just fine, it does not single them out specifically.

Surely there's a less hyperbolic and ad hominem-y way to take issue with this? I don't think following up a critique about ineffective messaging with one centered around a demagogue reach is particularly compelling at least.

Their argument is that the model provider owns the safety story, and that as such, they consider the extraction of capabilities (which washes the guardrails) as a failure on their side. If this makes you think of personality traits, I'm not sure you're engaging with their position earnestly. It most certainly doesn't leave me any more equipped to disagree with them either.

If you instead highlighted how awfully convenient it is, however...