Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ on AI

Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️@ESYudkowsky

Why. The fuck. Would Anthropic roll out a "new Claude 3.5 Sonnet" that was substantially different, and not rename it. To "Claude 3.6 Sonnet", say, or literally anything fucking else. Do AI companies just generically hate efforts to think about AI, to confuse words so?

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Why it worked

Follows a clear Hook → Context → Context → Invitation shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a question, which is the most reliable way to turn readers into repliers.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.
Opens on a negative, which reads as a warning and is harder to ignore than a claim.
Quotes someone directly, which makes the moment concrete rather than summarised.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Context → Context → Invitation
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: blunt
Written for: People building with AI

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