The core part of this Anthropic Fable release saga is that there are many overlapping issues at once. Some of which operate on different timelines of the AI arc， and some have easier fixes. In my critiques， I asked for specific changes to some things， understanding that some things don't have an easy fix.

The simplest issue was an uneven application of safety domains in a way that was misleading to users. This was an implementation issue that overlaps with a values-based decision of what their customers should be doing. Many people including myself pointed out how it was insane to list core safety areas and then have one of them launch with a different safety mechanism， one which actively mislead users. Doing this from the guise of safety was a major misstep and in my opinion Anthropic got very justifiably raked over the coals for it. Don't release the model if you can't hit your safety targets.