When you like something and want it to succeed, it’s discouraging to see that thing waste its resources. Especially if you contributed those resources.
I never understood how this very simple position flies over certain heads.
The author’s arguments explicitly don’t dispute plausibility. It accurately states that mere plausibility is a misleading basis for this report, but that the report provides nothing but plausibility, and thus is of low quality and dubious motivation.
Anthropic’s lack of any evidence for their claims doesn’t require any position on AI agent capability at all.
My appreciation of Wikipedia has decreased as my own expertise has increased. A long way before I’m anywhere near an expert on a topic, I begin to spot misleading inaccuracies in its Wikipedia articles. Most often, information that is decades out of date — correct once, but now actively perpetuating old, inaccurate information.
If you’re relying on Wikipedia for more than discovery, be aware that you’re internalizing some amount low-quality or false information along with your layman’s view of the topic.
I never understood how this very simple position flies over certain heads.