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Of course they do. You would have to be delusional to think that they won't, at some point.
What's "entertaining" is more the speed at which it's happening. It took Google probably 15 years to fully evil-ize. Anthropic ... two? There is no "ethical capitalism" big tech company possible, esp once VC is involved, and especially with the current geopolitical circumstances.
Of course they do. You would have to be delusional to think that they won't, at some point.
I know the Department of War wanted them to drop some features. Is this the response?
You can be correct and not play into their game by ignoring the name change completely.
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This was under duress that government was going to use emergency act to force them anyway. I kind of wish they had forced the governments hand and made them do it. Just to show the public how much interference is going on. They say it wasn't related. Like every thing that has happened across tech/media, the company is forced to do something, then issues statement about 'how it wasn't related to the obvious thing the…
This was under duress that government was going to use emergency act to force them anyway. I kind of wish they had forced the governments hand and made them do it. Just to show the public how much interference is going on. They say it wasn't related. Like every thing that has happened across tech/media, the company is forced to do something, then issues statement about 'how it wasn't related to the obvious thing the…
Or, more likely, adding the "core safety promise" was just them playing hard to the government to get a better deal, and the government showed them they can play the same game.
Public benefit corporations in the AI space have become a farce at this point. They're just regular corporations wearing a different hat, driven by the same money dynamics as any other corp. They have no ability to balance their stated "mission" with their drive for profit. When being "evil" is profitable and not-evil is not, guess which road they'll take...
In general public benefit corporations and non-profits should have a very modest salary cap for everybody involved and specific public-benefit legally binding mission statements. Anybody involved should also be prohibited from starting a private company using their IP and catering to the same domain for 5-10 years after they leave. Non-profits where the CEO makes millions or billions are a joke. And if e.g. your miss…
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I know the Department of War wanted them to drop some features. Is this the response?
FYI, "Department of War" still isn't the official name, but an unofficial secondary title. You can be correct and not play into their game by ignoring the name change completely.