I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
This is @aakashibhatt and @shantanubhatt95
Dearest Dad,
This is the 8th Father’s Day we are spending torn apart from one another.
When people hear the word father, they often think of a provider, a protector, a parent. But to us, you have been infinitely more than that. You have been our friend, guide, mentor, our biggest inspiration, fiercest supporter, our moral compass, our strength … our very soul! Everything we are today, every value we hold, every conviction we carry, every ounce of courage we possess, begins with you!
Long before we understood the complexities of the world, we understood that if we wanted to know what courage looked like, we only had to look at you … If we wanted to know what integrity looked like, we only had to look at you … If we wanted to know what it meant to stand up for others, to defend those who needed defending, to speak when silence was easier and to persevere when surrender seemed tempting, we only had to look at you!
In these past years, Shan and I have watched lesser men, drunk on power make decisions that have profoundly and painfully altered the course of countless lives. We have watched men entrusted with responsibility choose self-preservation over courage... We have watched Men bending their principles to pressure and greed, choosing convenience over conscience, obedience over integrity, silence over truth and self-interest over justice.
And often, as I watched them, I found myself wondering:
What legacy will these men leave behind?
When history strips away their titles, their influence, their power, what will remain?
When their kin are old enough to understand, what will they tell themselves? What will they think when they look back upon their choices?
Will they speak proudly of men who remained silent when they should have spoken?
Will they admire men who bowed when they should have stood?
Will they celebrate men who traded integrity for advancement and conscience for comfort? who watched injustice unfold and chose silence because it was safer?
Or will they feel the unbearable weight of knowing, that when the moment came to stand for what was right, these men chose instead to kneel before what was expedient?
I do not know.
But what I do know beyond any doubt is that they will never know what Shan and I do …
They will never know the immeasurable privilege of being the children of a man whose character cannot be compromised, whose conscience cannot be intimidated, and whose spirit cannot be broken!
They will never know what it feels like to draw strength from a father whose life is a testament to courage!
They will never know the pride that surges through our veins when we speak his name!
They will never know what it is like to have a father who is not merely a hero to us, but to tens of thousands...
A man who chose principle over comfort...
A man who stood when others knelt...
A man who spoke when others remained silent...
A man who chose truth over safety...
A man who paid the heavy price for doing what was right!
Dad, you have always led by example …
You taught us that courage is not a dramatic act performed in a single moment of heroism, rather it is a habit … a way of moving through the world, a quiet refusal to compromise one's principles, even when compromise would make life easier. It is the willingness to stand alone when standing with the crowd would be safer. It is the ability to look adversity directly in the eye and refuse to surrender your humanity to it.
From you, we learned to never remain silent in the face of injustice, to fight for what is right, no matter the consequences, to face adversity with our heads held high, to walk into storms rather than run from them and to never allow the fire in our hearts and the courage in our souls to be extinguished.
You taught us that hope is not naïveté, rather it is defiance. It is the refusal to allow injustice the final word … it is the belief that truth survives even when buried, that justice survives even when delayed, and that goodness survives even when punished.
Children often search for heroes in books, films, and legends, but Shan and I never had to, because we were fortunate enough to grow up with ours … A hero in flesh and blood! A hero whose voice guided us …Whose example shaped us … Whose love sustained us. A hero we have the immense honour of calling our father!
Dad, you have, and you continue to inspire us, shaping our lives indelibly and forever. Since we were little, you filled our childhood with laughter, warmth, books, music, art, culture, curiosity, and wonder, unwavering in your efforts to introduce us to extraordinary role models. As you guided us through these incredible years of our lives, I wonder whether you ever realised that the person Shan and I have most wanted to become, ever since we were young, has always been, and will always remain, you!
For eight long years, we have been torn apart by cowardly, spine-less men. They’ve stolen away our precious years, celebrations, ordinary moments, memories, and irreplaceable time.But they have failed in the one thing they truly sought to destroy…They have failed to break your courage, spirit and resilience!
People often say greatness is measured by the lives one touches and the principles one refuses to abandon ….
By that measure, Dad, you are a giant!
The names of those who abuse power will eventually fade into oblivion.
But the names of those who stood against them will echo across generations.
Because, in the end, good, though battered and bruised, must triumph over evil.
Justice, though trampled by politics and power, must ultimately prevail
Truth, though persecuted, must emerge.
And it is my belief that you, Dad, will emerge from this stronger than ever!
Dad, you are not only our father … You are our hero … our NorthStar … Our Cornerstone!
Here's to a future where people find the strength to choose courage instead of subservience!
A future where conscience matters more than convenience, where integrity matters more than power, where truth matters more than fear!
Enough lives have been shattered, enough dreams have been trampled and enough futures have been sacrificed at the altar of political expediency!
The time for silence has long passed …. The time for courage has arrived.
And if there is one thing you have taught us, it is this:
That a single voice speaking the truth can echo louder than an army of cowards.
Here's to the day when these years are finally behind us, when distance is no longer measured in years, when celebrations are no longer marked by absence, and when we can simply sit together again, in the warmth of our home.
Here's to the day our family is whole again .... To many more years of laughter, love, arguments about books, terrible jokes, shared meals, listening to music and, as you would say, continuing to "build character."
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
We love you to infinity and beyond and we are immensely proud to be your children!!
Lots and lots of love,
Aakashi & Shantanu
#justiceforsanjivbhatt #FreeSanjivBhatt #EnoughIsEnough
This is iconic 👏
Shekhar Suman just narrated the story of a Cruel King.
He didn’t name anyone but this fits perfectly on a man we all know.
Must- Must Watch.
Justice has finally triumphed in Bihar. After only 33 years of lightning-fast legal proceedings, an 84-year-old, severely ill man has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for a 1992 dispute over tying a cow and a pathway.
The efficiency is truly remarkable while two people had to support him just to walk to jail, the system ensured that not a moment more than three decades was wasted in delivering justice.
A shining example of how swiftly and compassionately our institutions work.
Based on some reports, it was being claimed that the Ahmedabad plane crash may have happened due to pilot error, and allegations were being made against pilot Sumeet Sabharwal, who is no longer in this world.
But now, an eyewitness has revealed that in the Ahmedabad plane crash, Pilot Sabharwal kept trying to save the aircraft till his very last breath.
Almost a year after the Ahmedabad plane crash, an emotional revelation about the pilot has come to light. A man who witnessed the situation inside the mortuary where the victims’ bodies were kept shared what he saw there. He said that the pilot’s body was still tightly holding the aircraft’s steering column (yoke).
Romin Vohra claimed that in one corner of the mortuary, the body of the plane’s pilot-in-command, Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, was kept separately. According to Romin, “He was still in a seated position. His back was badly burned, but the front part of his body was completely intact.” A doctor present in the mortuary also supported Romin’s claim. Aviation experts say that if this is true, it proves Captain Sabharwal was trying to save the plane till the very last second.
Salute to Pilot Sumeet Sabharwal, a true warrior who fought till his last breath to save the plane.
हापुड़ उत्तर प्रदेश में ..
पुलिस की मौजूदगी में #मदरसा पर चरमपंथी पत्थरबाजों ने पथराव किया 😡
इसकी चर्चा क्यों नहीं हो रही ?
इन दंगाई पर JCB कब चलेगी ?
इसपर NSA कब लगेगा ?
अब रीट्वीट करना आपका काम है 🙏🙏
@Live_Hindustan The name of the accused maid who was caught urinating in the food is Reena Devi. But you @Live_Hindustan used an image of a burqa clad woman.
Hello @RudraprayagPol, @uttarakhandcops, @pushkardhami@narendramodi Signboards of No entry to Non Hindu and hawkers displayed in Uttarakhand district. What action is being taken against the culprits installing these Signboards?
The board reads "Non Hindus/Rohingya Muslims and hawkers are prohibited from doing business/moving around in the village. If found anywhere in the village, legal action will be taken.
By order: All Gram Sabha Gaurikund District - Rudraprayag"
BJYM @BJYM leader Mayoor Dubey asks Police to handover a Muslim, accused of hurting religious sentiments in MP's Seoni.
When the police denied, Mayoor Dubey tried to intimidate them by showing his political power. When a tribal constable Dhanraj Warkade intervened, he threatened him with dire consequences and left after an intense argument.
A day later, The police personnel was attached to the police line.
Do listen to police personnel claiming, 'even police isn't safe here, how can common be safe'.
Warkade alleged that Mayoor is a serial offender and several complaints are lodged against him at several Police stations.
Why is Police not taking action against Mayoor.
C'C : @sp_seoni@MPPoliceDeptt@DGP_MP
TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️
पहली तस्वीर , बदायूँ
नवंबर, 2014 अखिलेश यादव मुख्यमंत्री
दूसरी तस्वीर , फ़र्रूख़ाबाद
अगस्त , 2024 योगी आदित्यनाथ मुख्यमंत्री
पहली और दूसरी तस्वीर में फ़र्क़ ये है कि पहली तस्वीर के लिए @yadavakhilesh का इस्तीफ़ा माँगा गया , मीडिया ने अखिलेश की धज्जियाँ उड़ा दी।
दूसरी तस्वीर के लिए एक भी न्यूज़ चैनल , एक भी एंकर , एक भी मालिक/संपादक की ना हैसियत है और ना औक़ात कि @myogiadityanath से इस्तीफ़ा माँग सके।
10 साल में यही बदलाव आया है !
नया उत्तरप्रदेश !!
While I posed this question in Parliament, well before the grisly rape and murder of a young woman doctor at Calcutta’s RG Kar Medical College, it is shocking that nowhere in its answer does the Government of India take into account the fact that, according to the Indian Medical Association, a staggering 75% of doctors in India are subjected to violence. On the one hand, GoI says that the “newly enacted BNS and BNSS have adequate provisions to protect medical professionals against violence”. On the other, it says “There are no provisions to provide financial/legal support to medical professionals who become victims of violence while performing their duties.” Such callousness is deplorable.
Worse still is the fact that nowhere in this answer does GoI indicate an intention to implement — as medical professionals protesting against the RG Kar rape and murder have been demanding — the Healthcare Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2019. Five years after it first circulated this Bill, GoI remains reluctant to introduce it in Parliament; it was to meet this vital requirement that I introduced a Private Member’s Bill in the Lok Sabha last year, seeking to safeguard our medical professionals from the wanton violence that has tragically begun defining their lives. The law cannot wait any longer!