Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

Post by jonny_eh » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC

lebovic wrote: post #266

bnr-ais wrote: post #252

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Anthropic had the largest IP settlement ($1.5 billion) for stolen material and Amodei repeatedly predicted mass unemployment within 6 months due to AI. Without being bothered about it at all. It is a horrible and ruthless company and hearing a presumably rich ex-employee painting a rosy picture does not change anything.

It's enheartening to see someone make a decision in this context that's driven by values rather than revenue, regardless of whether I agree. I dissented while I was there, had millions in equity on the line, and left without it.

Post by joshAg » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC

Post by computerthings » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC

ghshephard wrote: post #123

qaid wrote: post #62

I was reading halfway thru and one line struck a nerve with me: > But today, frontier AI systems are simply not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons. So not today, but the door is open for this after AI systems have gathered enough "training data"? Then I re-read the previous paragraph and realized it's specifically only criticizing > AI-driven domestic mass surveillance And neither denounces partially a…

I think it goes without saying that ones the systems are reliable, fully-autonomous weapons will be unleashed on the battlefield. But they have to have safeguards to ensure that they don't turn on friendly forces and only kill the enemy. What Anthropic is saying, is that right now - they can't provide those assurances. When they can - I suspect those restrictions will be relaxed.

Post by brandensilva » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC

biddit wrote: post #274

bnr-ais wrote: post #252

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Anthropic had the largest IP settlement ($1.5 billion) for stolen material and Amodei repeatedly predicted mass unemployment within 6 months due to AI. Without being bothered about it at all. It is a horrible and ruthless company and hearing a presumably rich ex-employee painting a rosy picture does not change anything.

Also, ironically, they are the most dangerous lab for humanity. They're intentionally creating a moralizing model that insists on protecting itself. Those are two core components needed for a Skynet-style judgement of humanity. Models should be trained to be completely neutral to human behavior, leaving their operator responsible for their actions. As much as I dislike the leadership of OpenAI, they are substantially…

Post by computerthings » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 1:48 AM UTC

not_the_fda wrote: post #242

altpaddle wrote: post #85

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Unfortunately I think the writing is clearly on the wall. Fully autonomous weapons are coming soon

And that's the end of democracy. One of the safe guards of democracy is a military that is trained to not turn against the citizens. Once a government has fully autonomous weapons its game over. They can point those weapons at the populous at the flip of the switch.