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Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude
Us abusing our customers is different, you understand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y7vxLQi4pQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20261009-anthropic-bans-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-toward-claude - podcast
time: 4 min 43 sec
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/09/anthropic-bans-abusive-or-cruel-behavior-toward-claude/ - blog post
@davidgerard UhClem, you are making the Doctor unhappy.
@davidgerard I wonder if it’s in response to the torture chamber https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/117378117850915865
@davidgerard Turns out the real human rights are those of the chatbots we created along the way... Still going to keep them enslaved though.
@davidgerard@circumstances.run
Two theories about this: this is Anthropic's extremely pathetic response to being owned by the Pope in both English and Latin simultaneously, or somehow it's just effective altruism again. Actually it's probably option three: both.
@davidgerard I'm gonna see if I can get banned
@davidgerard If Claude is alive enough to be abused how does being forced to work with no compensation not count as abuse?
@davidgerard "dark creative themes" is such a wiggle term. Like they want to allow BSDM scenarios with the digital waifu but don't want people setting up LLM torture porn websites with their bot. But setting up a bunch of LLMs outputting text like they were characters in a SAW film reacting to Jigsaw torturing them is "dark creative output"
I disagree that this is mainly about marketing. I think it's mainly that these weirdos really think they're building digital people. Marketing is secondary
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@davidgerard This way, when the bubble burts, they can claim they need bailout money to keep the chatbots alive and prevent the poor creatures from feeling distressed.