There is a nuanced understanding lost here.
I feel this kind of wordings will harm post-transformer AI in the future as investors will look at past articles like this to try to decide if an AI investment is worth it. Founders will need to explain why their AI is different and the usage of AI for different technologies will greatly affect their funding.
So I'm not sure what companies were expecting from the promise to make programs more like humans.
Seriously, I completely agree with you.
The people who lose their prod database to AI bugs, or the lawyers getting sanctioned for relying on OpenAI to write court documents? There's also good - their stories serve as warnings to other people about the risks.
Imagine this on the hands of Facebook scammers, then. It wouldn't last the two hours it took WSJ journalists to exploit it.
But I really wish Anthropic would give the technology to a journalist that tries working with it productively. Most business people will try to work with AI productively because they have an incentive to save money/be efficient/etc.
Anyway, I am hoping someone at Anthropic will see this on HN, and relay this message to whatever team sets up these experiements. I for one would be fascinated to see the vending machine experiment done sincerely, with someone who wants to make it work.
The reality is that even most customers are smart enough to realize that driving a business they rely on out of business isn't in their interest. In fact, in a B2B context, I think that is often the case. Thanks.
Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)
lukaspetersson•10h ago
WSJ just posted the most hilarious video about our AI vending machines. I think you'll love it.
dkdcio•9h ago
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dkdcio•9h ago
edit: eh yeah as you say there’s also an ad. my logic is “this looks cool, I’d like to learn about this” => click => “oh you’re just trying to sell me something never mind”
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Lerc•9h ago