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Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit

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1160 points vxvxvx | 4 comments | 16 Nov 25 11:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

Earlier thread: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45918638 - Nov 2025 (281 comments)
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notpublic ◴[16 Nov 25 13:12 UTC] No.45944874[source]▶
"A report was recently published by an AI-research company called Anthropic. They are the ones who notably created Claude, an AI-assistant for coding. Personally, I don’t use it but that is besides the point."

Not sure if the author has tried any other AI-assistants for coding. People who haven't tried coding AI assistant underestimates its capabilities (though unfortunately, those who use them overestimate what they can do too). Having used Claude for some time, I find the report's assertions quite plausible.

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1. readthenotes1 ◴[16 Nov 25 15:13 UTC] No.45945682[source]▶
They should also get get a different AI to write the lede, as it is pretty empty when we get past the "besides (sick) the point"
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2. swores ◴[16 Nov 25 15:26 UTC] No.45945778[source]▶
You most likely know and just suffered autocorrect, but given the context of using it to point out a similar mistake I feel the need to correct you: it should be “sic”, not “sick”.

(For anyone not familiar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic)

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3. itintheory ◴[16 Nov 25 16:05 UTC] No.45946081[source]▶
I assume that was the joke. Also, the use of parentheses makes it stand out from the normal bracketed use as an attempt at humor.
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4. swores ◴[16 Nov 25 16:21 UTC] No.45946223{3}[source]▶
If it was a joke it went right over my head