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Anthropic flags AI existential risk in IPO filing
Original: # Anthropic warns investors of AI’s 'existential risk to humanity' in IPO prospectus, reports say - So…let me get this s
Anthropic reportedly included a warning in its IPO prospectus that artificial intelligence could pose an existential risk to humanity, even as the company seeks to raise billions from public investors. Commentators are pointing to the contradiction: a firm cautioning that its own technology may threaten humanity while simultaneously courting massive investment to scale it up.
Why now: The apparent contradiction between warning of catastrophic AI risk and pursuing a large IPO strikes people as striking and ironic.
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- # Anthropic warns investors of AI’s 'existential risk to humanity' in IPO prospectus, reports say - So…let me get this straight. Anthropic says in their prospectus that # AI may pose an existential threat to humanity, but hey…we’re going to have a massive IPO to fund it anyway.… · CharlieMcHenry@connectop.us · 2
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