George Arison
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“Maybe they actually believe it,”
George Arison · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13
Arison suggested Anthropic may believe their own warnings or may be saying it to generate investor support.
“anti-civilisational worldview at Anthropic”
George Arison · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13
Arison told the BBC he believed comments from Coxon and others were indicative of an anti-civilisational worldview at Anthropic.
“Or you could argue they're saying it because it's a great way to gin up more investor support, because the only way to justify these valuations is to actually claim: 'I'm going to take over every industry and I'm going to take over every job, and my AI is going to be doing all that work.'”
George Arison · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13
Arison argued Anthropic could be making stark claims to gin up investor support and justify high valuations.
“It is irresponsible for us as stewards of our shareholders' money to be relying on a business that does what this company does, in terms of its public statements,”
George Arison · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-13
Arison said the comments prompted him to instruct engineers at Grindr to stop using Anthropic's technology.