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Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

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Post by adastra22 »

FrustratedMonky wrote: post #134
adastra22 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So.. a sci-fi short story?

That is the sarcastic take. More generously, 'an Expert-Driven forecast that offers a possible extrapolation' or possible realistic scenario. Parts of it seem to be coming true already, parts of it are dependent on some technology breakthroughs that haven't happened. Forecasting mileage may vary

LW’s forecasting ability here has been notoriously bad, fwiw. I don’t have any reason to trust anything they say on the subject, and in fact every reason to suspect.

Re: Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

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Post by ricardobeat »

nickthegreek wrote: post #119
ricardobeat wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you explain Trump unilaterally renaming the Ministry of Defense, without legislative approval? Is it a “working branch” if their constitutionally granted power is easily sidestepped?

the dod was not officially renamed to the dow. that would take an act of congress. he gave it a secondary title.

Plaques were replaced, the secretary is now the 'Secretary of War': https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/09/08/t...

Sidestepping the legislative power is precisly the problem, regardless of how it's being done, isn't it? That's the whole point.

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Post by Loughla »

baggy_trough wrote: post #111
Loughla wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any single element of dictatorial rule is dictatorial rule. There is no space for any amount of that bullshit, regardless of how inane seeming it is. A) Boundary testing. Small bites end up being large portions after enough are taken. B) If I shit in 10 gallons of chocolate pudding, would you want to eat a bite of that pudding?

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If I steal just a little from you, are you okay with that?

Re: Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

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Post by g42gregory »

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #129
g42gregory wrote: post #60

No judgement here, but a US-based corporation refusing services to the US Government? While the terms of service are what they are, the US Government can withdraw its military contracts from Anthropic (or refuse future contracts if they don't have any so far). Or softly suggest to its own contractors to limit their business dealings with Anthropic. Then Anthropic will have hard time securing computing from NVIDIA, AW…

Your grandchildren will disown you when they learn what you supported in 2025.

First of all, no need for personal attacks. Second, I am not supporting this, merely stating the reality.

Would you rather pretend that things like that aren't happening?

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Post by SpicyLemonZest »

g42gregory wrote: post #144
SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your grandchildren will disown you when they learn what you supported in 2025.

First of all, no need for personal attacks. Second, I am not supporting this, merely stating the reality. Would you rather pretend that things like that aren't happening?

There's absolutely a need for personal attacks. By suggesting that people ought to just give in and accept this as the new reality, you are supporting it, and you need to know that this represents a severe moral flaw. You're not just being pragmatic, or realistic, or whatever polite fiction you tell yourself to avoid having to take a stand. You're being a bad person, intentionally doing your part to make the country worse in the hopes that you can be a little more comfortable. Change your ways now or you'll bear the shame the rest of your life.
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