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Gary Marcus and Beff (e/acc) criticize Anthropic for reportedly telling the Pope that LLMs experience joy, fear, and grief

Critics argue the messaging aims to enable regulatory capture.

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OPGary Marcus, MIT PhD and NYU Professor Emeritus#153Gary Marcus, MIT PhD and NYU Professor Emeritus@GARYMARCUS

Anthropic is really a mixed bag; they rightly support moderate regulation, but they invite wildly anthropomorphic language about LLMs, and steal IP just like their peers.

3:08 PM · May 25, 2026 View on X
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Steven Sinofsky#1992@STEVESI
QUOTE POSTBeff (e/acc)#839Beff (e/acc)@BEFFJEZOS

There's a sense that all this virtue signalling is a cover for regulatory capture and consolidation of control that leaves me profoundly uneasy.

I wish Anthropic would just focus on making good products like OpenAI

4:10 AM · May 26, 2026 · 5.4K Views