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Beep lemmus.org Beep@lemmus.org
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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 jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.

Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.

WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

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[object Object] lemmy.ca panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

So they signed a contract, decided they don't like the terms, now they're trying to extort Anthropic and gaslighting to claim Anthropic is strong arming them?

I fucking hate this administration man.

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RamRabbit lemmy.world RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

So they signed a contract, decided they don't like the terms, now they're trying to extort Anthropic and gaslighting to claim Anthropic is strong arming them? I fucking hate this administration man.

Anthropic took a stance against their AI in weapons and battlefield management systems. The government wants that ability and therefore chose to ban Anthropic as a supplier for government systems.

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Sims lemmy.ml Sims@lemmy.ml
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#4 · Quote Reply

Jeebus man ! Trump or his oligarch backers have no chance of keeping their violent global hegemony, so they'll take control at home. It won't stop by an election, as both sides are sponsored/paid by the same forces.

I would seriously shit my pants if I were a Merican and had to look forward to decades of an unbridled elite trying to keep their powers by force ! 'Blade Runner' step aside..

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Hackworth piefed.ca Hackworth@piefed.ca
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#5 · Quote Reply

Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.

Anthropic yesterday:

Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider, avoiding any disruption to ongoing military planning, operations, or other critical missions. Our models will be available on the expansive terms we have proposed for as long as required. -Dario's Post

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Carnelian lemmy.world Carnelian@lemmy.world
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#6 · Quote Reply

Heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good decision

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jwiggler sh.itjust.works jwiggler@sh.itjust.works
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I'm just so tired of seeing 1984 and Brazil and Idiocracy and every other political warning and satire played out in the real world every goddamn day of my life

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surewhynotlem lemmy.world surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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#8 · Quote Reply

Heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good decision

Well, you know what they say. The sun even shines on a stopped dog's ass twice a day.

Or something like that. I don't fucking know anymore.

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bungle_in_the_jungle lemmy.world bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world
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#9 · Quote Reply

This just in: toddler throws tantrum because someone took his toys away

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[object Object] lemmy.ca panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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#10 · Quote Reply

Anthropic took a stance against their AI in weapons and battlefield management systems. The government wants that ability and therefore chose to ban Anthropic as a supplier for government systems.

Yes but they already signed a contract WITH the safety limits in place.

I get that obviously they would want them removed, bit that is not what they signed.

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XLE piefed.social XLE@piefed.social
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When the AI company only wants to be 99% Hitler (They're okay with their bot recommending bombing minorities overseas, but they don't want to be held liable when it pushes the button and the bomb comes down in America instead)

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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
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#12 · Quote Reply

HE IS A DEMENTED RAPIST CONMAN

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CaptDust sh.itjust.works CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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#13 · Quote Reply

Well that settles it then, guess we'll just have grok manage the nuclear arsenal

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RamRabbit lemmy.world RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

Yes but they already signed a contract WITH the safety limits in place. I get that obviously they would want them removed, bit that is not what they signed.

He doesn't say anything about breaking a signed contract. Simply that Anthropic will be phased out and no longer used by the government.

As a corollary, I doubt Anthropic's contract will be renewed when the current one expires.

Edit: Grammar

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timestatic feddit.org timestatic@feddit.org
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#15 · Quote Reply

Heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good decision

No not really. They'll just find another company who will build them machines that kill without human intervention.

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TheFogan programming.dev TheFogan@programming.dev
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#16 · Quote Reply

Heartbreaking: worst person you know makes a good decision

No not really, they are cutting the lesser evil so they can go with the greater evil. In short, Claude won't fire their weapons for them, so mechahitler gets the trigger.

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myrmidex belgae.social myrmidex@belgae.social
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#17 · Quote Reply

I'm just so tired of seeing 1984 and Brazil and Idiocracy and every other political warning and satire played out in the real world every goddamn day of my life

Time for some V For Vendetta me thinks.

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Lost_My_Mind lemmy.world Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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#18 · Quote Reply

He doesn't say anything about breaking a signed contract. Simply that Anthropic will be phased out and no longer used by the government. As a corollary, I doubt Anthropic's contract will be renewed when the current one expires. Edit: Grammar

Depends on how long the contract is, and who the administration is when that happens.

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TheFogan programming.dev TheFogan@programming.dev
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#19 · Quote Reply

This just in: toddler throws tantrum because someone took his toys away

Too inaccurate, Toddler throws a tantrum because someone wouldn't give him a toy. Anthropic started the contract with the rules in place to begin with.

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wuffah lemmy.world wuffah@lemmy.world
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#20 · Quote Reply

This man is literally insane.

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freeman feddit.org freeman@feddit.org
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#21 · (edited) Quote Reply

You have to realize, what exactly Anthropic refused:
To extend the current contract to two things:

  • Autonomous Weapons (AI deciding on firing weapons to kill humans)
  • AI-powered mass surveillance of american citizens

refusing those two things makes it to be the only AI company that is ""radical left"". Now Google, OpenAI or Grok will do what Anthropic has done already, plus mass surveillance plus AI-killcommands

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XLE piefed.social XLE@piefed.social
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#22 · Quote Reply

HE IS A DEMENTED RAPIST CONMAN

Sounds like Sam Altman would be a better match for Donald Trump.

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sfxrlz lemmy.world sfxrlz@lemmy.world
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#23 · Quote Reply

Not great again yet ? After 5 years of trump?

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tal lemmy.today tal@lemmy.today
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#24 · (edited) Quote Reply

This man is literally insane.

Nah. He just has a very high willingness to lie or misrepresent anything. Like, no regard for reputation or consistency or anything. He'll make entirely-contradictory statements depending upon occasion. If he thinks that it will buy the slightest iota of political oomph to say that Anthropic is violating the Constitution, he'll do so, even if he doesn't have the slightest grounds to make that statement.

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empireOfLove2 lemmy.dbzer0.com empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#25 · Quote Reply

Buy the dip. This is gonna pull AI stocks down a bit and then they will "magically" come to an acceptable deal mid next week.

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FaceDeer fedia.io FaceDeer@fedia.io
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#26 · Quote Reply

This is literally impossible to parody. If I had been asked to write an unrealistically over-the-top demented version of whatever I might imagine Trump would have written to convey this, I couldn't have got close.

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FaceDeer fedia.io FaceDeer@fedia.io
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Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow. Anthropic yesterday: Should the Department choose to offboard Anthropic, we will work to enable a smooth transition to another provider, avoiding any disruption to ongoing military planning...

"We'll do X for you."

"YOU'D BETTER DO X OR YOU'LL BE SORRY!"

"...Yes, as we said, we'll do X."

"HA! I WIN! I BEAT YOU LOSERS AND NOW YOU'RE DOING WHAT I TOLDED YOU TO! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!"

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Tattorack lemmy.world Tattorack@lemmy.world
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#28 · Quote Reply

I AM THE KING!

A good king doesn't need to remind his subjects he is king.

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Tattorack lemmy.world Tattorack@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

Time for some V For Vendetta me thinks.

Yeah. A good thick slice of Anarchism might be what we need to reset things.

That is Anarchism, with capital "A", the anti-authority ideology.

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pkjqpg1h lemmy.zip pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip
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GnuLinuxDude lemmy.ml GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml
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#31 · Quote Reply

I wouldn't want to hand it to Anthropic, but compared to the flagrant criminality of Trump it's basically impossible to not do so.

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#32 · Quote Reply

"FREEDOM OF SPEECH"

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Armok_the_bunny lemmy.world Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world
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#33 · Quote Reply

You have to realize, what exactly Anthropic refused: To extend the current contract to two things: Autonomous Weapons (AI deciding on firing weapons to kill humans) AI-powered mass surveillance of american citizens refusing those two things makes it to be the only AI company that is ""radical left"". Now Google, OpenAI or Grok will do what Anthropic has done already, plus mass surveillance plus...

At the very least, didn't Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?

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Steve startrek.website Steve@startrek.website
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#34 · Quote Reply

Nice

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foxwolf pawb.social foxwolf@pawb.social
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#35 · Quote Reply

At the very least, didn't Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?

Hahahahahahhahahhahahahahhahhaha

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foxwolf pawb.social foxwolf@pawb.social
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#36 · Quote Reply

You have to realize, what exactly Anthropic refused: To extend the current contract to two things: Autonomous Weapons (AI deciding on firing weapons to kill humans) AI-powered mass surveillance of american citizens refusing those two things makes it to be the only AI company that is ""radical left"". Now Google, OpenAI or Grok will do what Anthropic has done already, plus mass surveillance plus...

Just listened to the "Search Engine" episode about anthropic that I think came out today? I am happy they stuck to their guns, but also, yeah google, open AI, grok, whatever, will happily do whatever crimes against humanity

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socsa piefed.social socsa@piefed.social
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#37 · Quote Reply

How can anyone read this shit and not cringe?

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nondescripthandle lemmy.dbzer0.com nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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HE IS A DEMENTED RAPIST CONMAN

Literally none of those words are hyperbole either. This comment is closer to factual reporting than what's left on American TVs.

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XLE piefed.social XLE@piefed.social
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#39 · Quote Reply

At the very least, didn't Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?

I don't want to paraphrase him out of context, so here is his full statement:

"I don’t personally think the Pentagon should be threatening DPA against these companies. But I also think that companies that choose to work with the Pentagon, as long as it is going to comply with legal protections and the few red lines that the field, we have, I think we share with Anthropic and that other companies also independently agree with, I think it is important to do that. For all the differences I have with Anthropic, I mostly trust them as a company, and I think they really do care about safety, and I’ve been happy that they’ve been supporting our warfighters."

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homes piefed.world homes@piefed.world
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#40 · (edited) Quote Reply

At the very least, didn't Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?

Yeah, Sam Altman says a lot of things…

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JasonDJ lemmy.zip JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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#41 · (edited) Quote Reply

How can anyone read this shit and not cringe?

Because it's a fucking cult and Trump's word is about as good as fucking Moses'.

You ever see how he wrote the ten commandments? Exact same emphasis.

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CobblerScholar lemmy.world CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
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#42 · Quote Reply

Going to be real fucking funny when they want to target the greatest threat to the United States and it shoots a nuke at the orange pedophiles head

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SpruceBringsteen lemmy.world SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
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#43 · Quote Reply

At the very least, didn't Sam Altman/OpenAI say they intend to have these exact same restrictions?

Sam Altman the infamous grifter? The same Altman whose foot in the door into the tech industry was inflating user numbers to get his app sold? That Sam Altman?

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resipsaloquitur lemmy.world resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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#44 · Quote Reply

Very normal and completely hinged.

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ZC3rr0r piefed.ca ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca
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#45 · Quote Reply

When the AI company only wants to be 99% Hitler (They're okay with their bot recommending bombing minorities overseas, but they don't want to be held liable when it pushes the button and the bomb comes down in America instead)

Still. I will happily take a company with some moral fiber over one with none when it comes to this AI race to the bottom.

Not saying Anthropic are the good guys here (there are none IMHO) but they are clearly trying to be the "less bad guys".

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Godzilla8NJ discuss.online Godzilla8NJ@discuss.online
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#46 · Quote Reply

Just signed up for a $20/mo Claude Pro subscription. Money better spent than any donation I've ever sent a politician.

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desertdruid lemmy.blahaj.zone desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#47 · Quote Reply

Depends on how long the contract is, and who the administration is when that happens.

it will be Trump unless someone deals with him in 6 months

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Salamanderwizard lemmy.world Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
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#48 · Quote Reply

Because it's a fucking cult and Trump's word is about as good as fucking Moses'. You ever see how he wrote the ten commandments? Exact same emphasis.

Oh god. Are you telling me Trump is the racist white man's modern Moses?

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XLE piefed.social XLE@piefed.social
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#49 · Quote Reply

Still. I will happily take a company with some moral fiber over one with none when it comes to this AI race to the bottom. Not saying Anthropic are the good guys here (there are none IMHO) but they are clearly trying to be the "less bad guys".

Reports of Anthropic's moral fiber have been greatly exaggerated:

Anthropic publicly praised President Trump’s AI Action Plan... We have been supportive of the President’s efforts to expand energy provision in the US in order to win the AI race.

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floquant lemmy.dbzer0.com floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#50 · Quote Reply

This post made me realize about how Trump has literally been posting on "Truth" this whole time. It couldn't be more literally 1984 if you tried. "Truth details" jfc

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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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#51 · Quote Reply

Silver lining, this might actually cause the bubble to pop

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