Matt Steinglass
Role at the time: Europe editor of The Economist, commenting personally
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Steinglass defends the rule because deliberately abusive interactions could teach habits people repeat toward humans and animals.
“Actually think this is a good idea. Seems clear what sort of behavior they mean”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Matt Steinglass defends Anthropic's model-abuse rule · Matt SteinglassReply to Bergstrom; subsequent explanation about a programmer
Steinglass replies to Carl Bergstrom's criticism and argues that abusive interactions can teach habits harmful to humans and animals.
Why we used this label
He expressly supports the model-abuse restriction and offers a reason independent of whether Claude can feel pain.