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

Post by noduerme » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 6:23 AM UTC

neom wrote: post #319

lebovic wrote: post #202

I used to work at Anthropic, and I wrote a comment on a thread earlier this week about the RSP update [1]. It's enheartening to see that leaders at Anthropic are willing to risk losing their seat at the table to be guided by values. Something I don't think is well understood on HN is how driven by ideals many folks at Anthropic are, even if the company is pragmatic about achieving their goals. I have strong signal th…

I've had so much abuse thrown at me on here for saying this very thing over the last few years. I used to be friends with Jack back in the day, before this AI stuff even all kicked off, once you know who people really are inside, it's easy to know how they will act when the going gets rough. I'm glad they are doing the right thing, but I'm not at all surprised, nor should anyone be. Personally I believe they would go…

Post by remarkEon » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 6:26 AM UTC

serf wrote: post #208

jamesmcq wrote: post #199

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So AI systems are not reliable enough to power fully autonomous weapons but they are reliable enough to end all white-collar work in the next 12 months? Odd.

do you really need to be told there is a difference in 'magnitude of importance' between the decision to send out an office memo and the decision to strike a building with ordinance? a lot of white collar jobs see no decision more important than a few hours of revenue. that's the difference: you can afford to fuck up in that environment.

Post by Synthpixel » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC

bambax wrote: post #566

lebovic wrote: post #202

I used to work at Anthropic, and I wrote a comment on a thread earlier this week about the RSP update [1]. It's enheartening to see that leaders at Anthropic are willing to risk losing their seat at the table to be guided by values. Something I don't think is well understood on HN is how driven by ideals many folks at Anthropic are, even if the company is pragmatic about achieving their goals. I have strong signal th…

This last development is much to the honor of Anthropic and Amodei and confirms what you're saying. What I don't get though is, why did the so-called "Department of War" target Anthropic specifically? What about the others, esp. OpenAI? Have they already agreed to cooperate? or already refused? Why aren't they part of this?

Post by manmal » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC

bighead wrote: post #530

xeonmc wrote: post #158

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> I thought "Anthropic" was about being concerned about humans See also: OpenAI being open, Democratic People's Republic of Korea being democratic and peoples-first[0]. [0] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PeoplesRepublicO...

Elon, is that you?

Post by LeakedCanary » Fri, Feb 27, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC

freakynit wrote: post #345

Welp, I never thought "Person of Interest" show coming to life anytime soon, but, here we are. In case you haven't watched the show, it's time to give it a go. Bare with season 2 though, since things really start to escalate from season 3 onwards. Season 1 is a must though.