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New comment by slowin in "Bonnie Tyler has died"

slowin — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:14:01 +0000

Absolute classic. If anyone is interested, the Footloose soundtrack (which has Holding Out For a Hero on it) is probably one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. The movie sucks but damn, this soundtrack is incredible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footloose_(1984_soundtrack)

New comment by slowin in "The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous"

slowin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:42:15 +0000

The prior art you state is exactly why I think this is almost certainly happening.

One difference is that a CEO cannot set off an atomic bomb, but they can use an uncensored AGI model. The side-effects would be impossible to trace.

> I wonder, though, how many people advocating for popular access to uncensored AI models also advocate for an unrestricted (not infringed) right to bear arms or an unrestricted right to freedom of speech.

I advocate for all three of those things, for the same reason: the people I least want to have access to them, almost definitely do and it's imperative that the rest of us sit on equal footing.

New comment by slowin in "The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous"

slowin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:36:10 +0000

I have to disagree. For the sake of argument say Elon Musk had his own personal, uncensored SOTA model. He has the cash and politics to make that a realistic goal. Would people want him to have that? Not really, hence secrecy as well.

New comment by slowin in "The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous"

slowin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:17:07 +0000

> It strikes me as highly unlikely that Anthropic has developed another fable-class model where the only difference is that it doesn't answer questions in that way

I'm curious why you think that's highly unlikely given the monetary incentive (or even post-monetary!) to create such a thing? I imagine there's also an arms race aspect, if you assume your enemies (whoever they are) have access to such a model, certainly those capable of creating one, would.

New comment by slowin in "The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous"

slowin — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:54:18 +0000

Do we think that someone at Anthropic, OpenAI, the government... has access to SOTA models without censorship? "How do I build an effective weapon?", "How do I effectively control the masses?"...

It's very concerning that we get the nerfed models but you know that somewhere, people with a lot of resources have access to the raw, uncensored, probably more powerful models. The sprint toward AGI looks even more dangerous when you think about who will be gaining access to it first. I do believe the goal is to pull away from the rest of humanity in a near trans-humanistic state. Are we ready for that and how do we counter it?