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Should humans tolerate contracts that say “you may not use this thing in this particular way”
We do, it’s called the law and applies to a lot of things.
President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems
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#142This should come as no surprise. The administration has no tolerance for anyone with “values” or “scruples” that challenge their power. They fired Judge Advocate Generals (military lawyers) that refused to authorize strikes on civilian boats, for one recent example. If you say ‘no’ for any reason, they fire you.
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Why (the fuck) would a government of the people, believe they have the rights over free enterprise tools, to take them and use them for nefarious purposes
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#144This might actually make Anthropic very popular among those who do not support the current US presidency, a significant market share.
For the last couple of months all the top models have been from the US. I don't expect that to last - or even if it does the gap will gradually diminish to the point that "top" is largely irrelevant outside of marketing.
But at the moment I must use a US model for the best results for complex queries. So I'm glad that there's one company I'm at least somewhat ok with supporting. I'm not even that picky. All I want is a reasonable guarantee that I'm not supporting a company who's tools are used for autonomous drone warfare in American wars, and a few other basic things like that.
I guess someone might feel moved to respond to this by pointing out all the other companies outside of AI that I should be avoiding too. Please do! I'm actively trying to be more mindful of the companies I support rather than just chasing the lowest bills. I'm in the process of migrating my company away from MS 365 to Nextcloud on Hetzner, which is going slow but well.
Re: President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems
#145This should come as no surprise. The administration has no tolerance for anyone with “values” or “scruples” that challenge their power. They fired Judge Advocate Generals (military lawyers) that refused to authorize strikes on civilian boats, for one recent example. If you say ‘no’ for any reason, they fire you.
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No other administration has used the "supply chain risk" designation against an American company. This is unprecedented.
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#146This is the Truth Social post, which the article quotes but doesn't quite convey the flavor of: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1161445529692... > THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military. > The Leftwing nut…
I mentioned his insane threats to Netflix earlier and tried to Google an article that referenced it. None of them linked or even broadly quoted it. There's been a concerted effort to hide the fact that the US President is posting insane shit every day for years.
Link to the Netflix threats?
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Why (the fuck) would a government of the people, believe they have the rights over free enterprise tools, to take them and use them for nefarious purposes
Have you paid attention during any of the Administrations? In this post-Snowden era we have no excuse for not knowing the "government of the people" has been doing this to companies for a long time. AT&T for example. This Administration just does it out in the open.
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#148This might actually make Anthropic very popular among those who do not support the current US presidency, a significant market share.
Take notes other AI companies. This is a totally fine line to draw and it's not even that high bar. Dont allow systems to be built with your AI that automate mass surveillance or automate kill decisions.
The disappointing this is someone _will_ do it, you know it’s going to happen.
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#149This should come as no surprise. The administration has no tolerance for anyone with “values” or “scruples” that challenge their power. They fired Judge Advocate Generals (military lawyers) that refused to authorize strikes on civilian boats, for one recent example. If you say ‘no’ for any reason, they fire you.
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#150I guess Sama is happy. Also I wonder what's happening with democracy in the US, with this level of presidential control to mess up everything, is US moving towards dictatorship?
Are you seriously still asking this question ?
On the plus side, gas and groceries are reportedly cheaper than ever, with the highest job counts and everyone being beautifully happy!