Comment by matheusmoreira
3 days ago
Anthropic unironically uses the word "uplift" in their documentation. They think we are lesser beings.
3 days ago
Anthropic unironically uses the word "uplift" in their documentation. They think we are lesser beings.
1. Does every other company that says their products will uplift people "think we are lesser beings"?
2. Which documentation are you referring to? Googing "site:anthropic.com uplift" most of the top hits seem to be about bio research, another is about measuring agent performance (not a comparison to people), or "These are Anthropic’s internal designators for actors observed to be abusing AI. The report also attempts to measure uplift, a term we use to describe the AI capability boost, or how much more harm was caused with AI versus without AI."
To add some context, uplift in the context of futurism literally refers to a species fast-tracking another’s progress.
Has Anthropic used uplift in that sense? I spent ~5 minutes trying to find an example like that but couldn't find them doing so. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49826215
That is a ridiculously reaching statement.