The Department of War has stated they will only contract with AI companies who accede to “any lawful use” and remove safeguards in the cases mentioned above. They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain these safeguards; they have also threatened to designate us a “supply chain risk”—a label reserved for US adversaries, never before applied to an American company—and to invoke the Defense Production Act to force the safeguards’ removal. These latter two threats are inherently contradictory: one labels us a security risk; the other labels Claude as essential to national security.
Regardless, these threats do not change our position: we cannot in good conscience accede to their request.
Seems like a drawn line, and that takes a modicum of gumption, at least. The logic in the argument getting there is fucking bonkers in its own right, though. The bit about how they'd go along with...
Seems like a drawn line, and that takes a modicum of gumption, at least. The logic in the argument getting there is fucking bonkers in its own right, though.
The bit about how they'd go along with mass surveiling citizens of other countries, but not domestically, was not especially reassuring. Can't imagine Anthropic's prospective international customers will be hyped to hear that.
My favorite part is where he seems to suggest that he'd be fine with autonomous killbots, if only they were good enough. Claude and his siblings are still too fallible, though. Shucks.
I'd rather you just didn't do those things altogether, Chief. Kinda seems like an asshole move, all things considered. I'd also like it if you didn't suck up all the RAM and water and dollars in the frigging universe while you were at it, if at all possible.
I'm fairly impressed with this piece. I recognize its glaring flaws, especially to the Tildes audience, but it's important to acknowledge that this is a public statement by a corporation under an...
I'm fairly impressed with this piece. I recognize its glaring flaws, especially to the Tildes audience, but it's important to acknowledge that this is a public statement by a corporation under an administration that has demonstrated unprecedented willingness to tear down countries that threaten it.
Behind the corporate-speak and the pro-military exoneration, this is an public, company-endorsed accusation from one of the most public CEOs in the world that the military intends to conduct mass domestic surveillance on the American people. I am fully aware that this already was occurring from Snowden, this administration's autocratic and dictatorial intentions, but having evidence of this form does feel different. Frankly, this feels about as adversarial as a statement between supposed "partners" gets. I'm not looking forward to whatever comes next.
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Seems like a drawn line, and that takes a modicum of gumption, at least. The logic in the argument getting there is fucking bonkers in its own right, though.
The bit about how they'd go along with mass surveiling citizens of other countries, but not domestically, was not especially reassuring. Can't imagine Anthropic's prospective international customers will be hyped to hear that.
My favorite part is where he seems to suggest that he'd be fine with autonomous killbots, if only they were good enough. Claude and his siblings are still too fallible, though. Shucks.
I'd rather you just didn't do those things altogether, Chief. Kinda seems like an asshole move, all things considered. I'd also like it if you didn't suck up all the RAM and water and dollars in the frigging universe while you were at it, if at all possible.
I'm fairly impressed with this piece. I recognize its glaring flaws, especially to the Tildes audience, but it's important to acknowledge that this is a public statement by a corporation under an administration that has demonstrated unprecedented willingness to tear down countries that threaten it.
Behind the corporate-speak and the pro-military exoneration, this is an public, company-endorsed accusation from one of the most public CEOs in the world that the military intends to conduct mass domestic surveillance on the American people. I am fully aware that this already was occurring from Snowden, this administration's autocratic and dictatorial intentions, but having evidence of this form does feel different. Frankly, this feels about as adversarial as a statement between supposed "partners" gets. I'm not looking forward to whatever comes next.