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Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit

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1160 points vxvxvx | 2 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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jmkni ◴[16 Nov 25 12:56 UTC] No.45944780[source]▶
That whole article felt like "Claude is so good Chinese hackers are using it for espionage" marketing fluff tbh
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ndiddy ◴[16 Nov 25 13:44 UTC] No.45945102[source]▶
Reminds me of how when the Playstation 2 came out, Sony started planting articles about how it was so powerful that the Iraqi government was buying thousands of them to turn into a supercomputer (including unnamed military officials bringing up Sony marketing points). https://www.wnd.com/2000/12/7640/
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y-curious ◴[16 Nov 25 14:50 UTC] No.45945524[source]▶
Is there any compelling evidence that this was marketing done by Sony? Yes, the sniff test does not pass for me about the government officials advertising the device, but this Reddit thread[1] makes the whole story seem plausible. America and Japan really did impose restrictions on shipping to Iraq and people did eventually chain PS3s together for cheap computing.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/l3hp2i/did_s...

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1. Keyframe ◴[16 Nov 25 15:39 UTC] No.45945876[source]▶
Apple used similar marketing tactics with G4 since it was "so powerful" it was under restricted export control, where in reality it was an outdated regulation that needed an update.
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2. semi-extrinsic ◴[17 Nov 25 11:17 UTC] No.45952630[source]▶
Many hardware manufacturers do the same with claiming MIL-STD-810 compliance. Which can mean almost anything without further details specified.

E.g. you can choose to test against MIL-STD-810 500.6 procedure I, to see that the device is compatible with low pressure such that it can be safely transported via air freight. Which no consumer electronics product in existence is going to fail.