Michael Shellenberger

Anthropic says AI can become better than humans at “essentially everything” — except things like food prep and elder care, which reveals Anthropic’s view of service jobs as “essentially” nothing — the perspective of elites who look down on low-wage workers.

Anthropic’s CEO says “it cannot possibly be more than a few years before AI is better than humans at essentially everything.” Its executives say the exception will be low-wage jobs in “grounds maintenance” “food and serving,” and “personal service.” x.com/shellenberger/…

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@shellenberger yet, @AnthropicAI's CEO does not explain how AI will be applied "to be" better nor does he provide assessments/measurements to support his claims (without context). a statement without context is propaganda and has no base for debate. @shellenberger

@claudeai Does Anthropic CEO @DarioAmodei still believe “it cannot possibly be more than a few years before AI is better than humans at essentially everything”? Does Anthropic still think good future jobs will be in “grounds maintenance,” “food and serving,” and “personal service.”

There’s hope in hard questions.

@RealArtVand3lay Yes, that’s really what they say

@shellenberger “another word for grounds maintenance is gardening. And another word for food and, and service is hospitality. And personal care is just that, it’s care." Is this real? Are you trolling us??

Last year, I argued that AI can't solve our biggest problems because a lack of intelligence didn't cause them. (See below.) Again, that's not to deny that AI help may solve big problems. I generally favor labor-saving technologies, particularly general-purpose ones, as they are the main drivers of productivity and economic growth. And, for what it's worth, I like and use AI, including Claude. But I am also very troubled that @DarioAmodei believes AI will be "better than humans at essentially everything," and that Chloe Lubinski believes we should all just embrace a future in which millions more people become low-wage service workers. youtu.be/IhLoZrUWtro?si…

I kindly ask people to read the article before jumping to conclusions. I make no predictions about what AI's impact will likely be. Rather, I argue that their need to justify its near-trillion-dollar valuation, and Malthusian ideology, are behind @AnthropicAI executives' denigration of people and their humanization and spiritualization of AI. That concern is valid, whether AI has the apocalyptic impacts @DarioAmodei claims it will have, or whether it turns out to have a significantly smaller impact.

I am publishing this article without a paywall and look forward to engaging in the comments with people who read or watch it. x.com/shellenberger/…

The CEO of Anthropic, the AI company behind the popular Claude chatbot, believes "it cannot possibly be more than a few years before AI is better than humans at essentially everything.” Indeed, the company's near-trillion dollar valuation rests on a plan to destroy millions of high-paying jobs. Not to worry, says the person at Anthropic in charge of "research partnerships with the world’s wisdom traditions," since all of that destruction will free people up for things like "grounds maintenance," "food and serving," and "personal care." This is dystopian. Those are the lowest-wage jobs in America. Millions of more people in the service sector will only further drive down wages. Anthropic's head of researching wisdom traditions tries to spin this by saying, "another word for grounds maintenance is gardening. And another word for food and, and service is hospitality." Anthropic says we should think of this as "The Great Turning," which is no different from the World Economic Forum's equally dystopian "Great Reset." Part of what's behind Anthropic's efforts to humanize and even spiritualize AI is the need to convince investors that its technology will destroy millions of high-paying jobs. But another part is a deeply degrading and dehumanizing view of people. x.com/shellenberger/…

@thebitcoyne I'm not saying that. Consider reading the article.

You're playing into Dario's doomerism so he can get the regulatory capture he so desperately wants so he can solidify and entrench his position. You could have made the same arguments about innovations in farming in the 19th century that were going to lead to massive job loss but people and economies adapt. JFC.

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Those who promote sex rejecting harmful medical malpractice disguised as so called “gender affirming care” must be held accountable for the destruction they have caused. Far too many trusted institutions have promoted a protocol with unproven efficacy and damaging irreversible consequences. So many parents and victims put their trust in established institutions and have suffered horrible consequences. These institutions must be held accountable. #donoharm #statuteoflimitstions #detransitionerlawsuits #10yearregret

@jreichelt Bonkers and terrifying

Die CDU will ihrem in den Umfragen erfolgreichsten Widersacher ohne jegliche rechtliche Grundlage das Wahlrecht komplett entziehen, während man Millionen Menschen, die illegal ins Land gekommen sind, Wahlrecht und Staatsbürgerschaft erteilt. Das ist wahnsinnig. Das ist die Willkürherrschaft. Das ist totalitär.

@ClaireCoutinho It was thanks to grid operators in California and Spain that we learned the truth that the Malthusian Left had undermined the stability of the grid. Thank you for listening to them

I have been contacted by more whistleblowers within our grid operator. They allege the electricity grid is not being run securely, which increases the risk of blackouts, with a particularly severe event on 23rd June. This information is also allegedly being hidden from the public. This morning NESO refused to deny that Corporate Affairs staff had interfered in operational decisions to avoid reputational damage. These whistleblowers are coming to me because they are worried that the grid is becoming unmanageable and they do not have faith that their concerns are being taken seriously. I have written to the CEO of NESO asking them to bring in an independent external investigator to interview control room engineers so that we can find out the truth about what happened on the evening of 23rd June.

Notable new Navy infrared video of UAP. Eastern US 2015 is same era & corridor as GIMBAL & GOFAST, shot by Roosevelt F/A-18 crews off the East Coast that January. @uncertainvector testified his squadron began detecting UAP near Virginia Beach in 2014, sightings so routine one crew took evasive action to avoid a collision.

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📣🚨 METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFER UNRESERVED APOLOGY TO GRAHAM LINEHAN AND PAY HIM £25,000 The Metropolitan Police have at long last offered an unreserved apology to Graham Linehan and paid him £25,000. Last September, the Irish comedian and co-creator of Father Ted was arrested by five armed police officers as he landed at Heathrow Airport. His crime? Three gender-critical posts on X. He was arrested, taken to a police station and questioned for several hours. In the early hours of the following morning, he was rushed to hospital after his blood pressure rose to dangerously high levels. The Free Speech Union is proud to have supported Graham in taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police for wrongful arrest and breaches of his free speech rights. General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young, has said: “I’m beginning to lose count of the number of cases we’ve fought in which the police have arrested someone for a tweet, decided to take no further action and then had to pay them substantial compensation for wrongful arrest. “At some point you’d think the penny would drop: police our streets, not our tweets.” While we welcome the Metropolitan Police’s apology and compensation payout to @Glinner, this should never have happened in the first place. It is high time the police focused on our streets, not our tweets. Watch Graham’s reaction below 👇