BeepFeb 27

President Donald Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems

https://lemmus.org/post/20490929

Show threadfreeman

You have to realize, what exactly Anthropic refused: To extend the current contract to two things:

  • Autonomous Weapons (AI deciding on firing weapons to kill humans)
  • AI-powered mass surveillance of american citizens

refusing those two things makes it to be the only AI company that is ““radical left””. Now Google, OpenAI or Grok will do what Anthropic has done already, plus mass surveillance plus AI-killcommands

Feb 27 at 10:32pmWeb
Show threadArmok_the_bunnyFeb 27
At the very least, didn’t Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?
Show threadfoxwolfFeb 27
Hahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahhaha
Show threadXLEFeb 27

I don’t want to paraphrase him out of context, so here is his full statement:

“I don’t personally think the Pentagon should be threatening DPA against these companies. But I also think that companies that choose to work with the Pentagon, as long as it is going to comply with legal protections and the few red lines that the field, we have, I think we share with Anthropic and that other companies also independently agree with, I think it is important to do that. For all the differences I have with Anthropic, I mostly trust them as a company, and I think they really do care about safety, and I’ve been happy that they’ve been supporting our warfighters.”

Show threadhomesFeb 27
Yeah, Sam Altman says a lot of things…
Show threadThe D QuuuuuillFeb 28
like that he didn’t rape his sister
Show threadabbiistabbiiMar 1
Isn’t Altman Gay?
Show threadThe D QuuuuuillMar 1

theguardian.com/…/openai-chief-executive-sam-altm…

rape and sexual impropriety are about power and control, not sexual orientation.

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman accused of sexual abuse by sister in lawsuit

Tech entrepreneur and family say Ann Altman’s claims that abuse started in childhood are ‘utterly untrue’

The Guardian
Show threadabbiistabbiiMar 1
Oh fuck
Show threadSpruceBringsteenFeb 28
Sam Altman the infamous grifter? The same Altman whose foot in the door into the tech industry was inflating user numbers to get his app sold? That Sam Altman?
Show threadfreemanFeb 28
aaand he gave up on them already 😂
Show threadKissakiFeb 28
Well, there’s news about them being the replacement. So, no, they won’t.
Show threadfoxwolfFeb 27
Just listened to the “Search Engine” episode about anthropic that I think came out today? I am happy they stuck to their guns, but also, yeah google, open AI, grok, whatever, will happily do whatever crimes against humanity
Show threadSavinDWhalesFeb 28
Yeah, it’s going to be Grok. Who wouldn’t want an autonomous Mecha-Hitler killing things?
Show threadZoteTheMightyFeb 28
And Anthropic refused? Surely they must be the evil ones!
Show threadFormfillerFeb 28
It’s crazy how not only ethnics but now safety is “radically left”
Show threadmuusemuuseFeb 28
Well, extremists love to abuse the concept of context
Show threadGamingChairModelFeb 28

Yeah, one of the two was a pure safety play, not even ethics.

If I sell the military an ATV for shuffling things around on base, I might engineer a speed limiter to prevent the ATV from going faster than what its safety features are rated at. But a demand that I remove the governor so that the vehicle can go all lawful speeds totally misses the point. Whether it is illegal or unethical to do so, it’s still bad engineering to use dangerous technology beyond the scope of what it (and its safety features) has been designed for.