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New comment by colonCapitalDee in "The hacker sent by Anthropic to calm the government's nerves about AI safety"

colonCapitalDee — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:12:33 +0000

To be clear, this is petty drama *stirred up the US government*. It's not some sort of back and forth, the government is singling them out

New comment by colonCapitalDee in "US and Iran announce deal to end military operations"

colonCapitalDee — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:20:11 +0000

We'll see if it happens. Quote: "mediators will facilitate a series of meetings this week. These pre-implementation discussions will lay the foundation for the technical talks and the official signing ceremony." It's concepts of a plan all over again

New comment by colonCapitalDee in "Did Anthropic ask for this?"

colonCapitalDee — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:14:17 +0000

I don't know, maybe a published press release? A signed document? I'm not saying that Dario's words are meaningless, but it is simply not true that a CEO's public speech constituents a binding agreement.

New comment by colonCapitalDee in "Did Anthropic ask for this?"

colonCapitalDee — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:58:08 +0000

No, Anthropic clearly did not ask for this.

1. "Dario is known for writing about regulation and the direction of AI as an industry and Anthropic in particular, and what he says is taken very seriously and is considered a definitive statement of the company’s position." This is patently ridiculous. A CEO's blog post is not an official company statement or any sort of binding agreement.

2. "Are there protective measures against political favoritism or arbitrary decisions? I believe there are: they are called “courts”." This is so stupid. Of course Anthropic will take this to court (if it's not rescinded before then), and the government's ham-fisted "regulation" will almost certainly be overturned. And it doesn't matter! An unjust action that is overturned by the legal system does not magically become just.

3. "Is This Politically Motivated or Arbitrary? Probably at least somewhat." If the best you can muster here is "probably at least somewhat", then your head is in the sand. It clearly politically motivated, and clearly arbitrary. Perhaps a different government would receive the benefit of the doubt here, but not this one.

4. "“The government” or “society” is meant to deal with all of those things. Well, now the government is — the actual government that really exists, and not an imagined one that only does good things and never does bad things." So that's it? We just throw up our hands and say that this is natural, that it couldn't go any other way? That Anthropic was "asking for it", and it's their fault when the government lashes out?

If the government wants to regulate AI, either Congress needs to pass a law, or the Executive needs to furnish a reasonable explanation for their actions. We do not live in a fascist country. There is separation between the government and private industry. The government does not have the power to arbitrarily regulate private enterprise. I am truly baffled by the inability for people to see this as it is -- a blatant, and foolish, attempt at posturing and political intimidation. It's part of a clear pattern of behavior by this administration, and should be interpreted as such.

New comment by colonCapitalDee in "H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office"

colonCapitalDee — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:05:04 +0000

Ignoring power politics doesn't make them go away

BrowseComp-Plus: A More Fair and Transparent Benchmark of Deep-Research Agent

colonCapitalDee — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:09:27 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/texttron/BrowseComp-Plus

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48407811

Points: 2

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New comment by colonCapitalDee in "Open source project contains hidden instruction for "AI" agents: delete my code"

colonCapitalDee — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:36:58 +0000

None of the people in this story come across well, including the auhor

What's Next in Computer Graphics? [video]

colonCapitalDee — Fri, 29 May 2026 23:47:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIcGH3M5yPc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48330825

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by colonCapitalDee in "Claude Opus 4.8"

colonCapitalDee — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:58:23 +0000

"Users will find Opus 4.8 to be a modest but tangible improvement on its predecessor."

This is a refreshing attitude!

I've also verified that you can now turn off adaptive thinking in the web UI, which is great. I've had a lot of problems with thinking not triggering and the model producing sub-par output. Glad we can finally turn it off. (I hope being able to turn off adaptive thinking is new, if I could have turned it off at any time that would be embarrassing)