Mastodawn

Listening to the current #hardfork episode. I really hope Anthropic continues to refuse the military what it is asking for.

While I’m leery of AI, I appreciate the ways in which Anthropic has tried to stick to their principles unlike other AI companies.

What are others thinking about this episode?

https://overcast.fm/+AAm_rqqmL7I

The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express — Hard Fork

This would be an unprecedented escalation against a U.S. company.

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Wess Daniels Feb 23

The next segment about the Scott Shamburg’s incident with an OpenClaw agent writing a take-down piece on him is kind of freaking me out.

As someone who has been blogging online for 20+ years, I’m wondering what steps to take to future proof myself for these kinds of attacks?

https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…

The Shamblog

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FireVaney Feb 23

@wess My (imperfect) solution has always been anonymity. But the bots will soon overrun the web with an insurmountable/impenetrable/limitless amount of slop. Perhaps the best thing AI can do for humanity is render the internet unusable. Or, better yet, brick it. After that, I’m hoping for a resurgence of physical (e.g. print) and live media (e.g. theatre).

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Wess Daniels

@FireVaney I welcome the resurgence of the physical world and live community.