I remember when Anthropic first started and waxed poetic about intentions. This, the recent case, and the DoD (sorry, Department of War) partnerships seem to show just how much of that was pure bullshit.
Curious how all of the employees who professed similar sentiment, EA advocation, etc. justify their work now. A paycheck is a paycheck, sure, but when you're already that well-off, the rest of the world will see you for what you really are *shrug*.
FWIW executive orders do not have the force of law. The official name is still Department of Defense. Department of War is now an acceptable alternative only.
To officially change the name requires an act of Congress.
Could you clarify what you mean? I understand why the DoD partnership is ethically dubious, but I don’t understand why SB 53 is bad. It seems like the opposite of a military partnership.
Are you saying the only ethically valid path is for all companies to oppose all regulation? Supporting any regulation at all can only be from bad motives, and therefore should be avoided?
>Supporting any regulation at all can only be from bad motives, and therefore should be avoided?
It's just vibe check heuristic -- if the regulated throws a tantrum telling how switching to USB-C charging or opening up the app store will get them out of businees (spoilers -- it never does), it's probably a good one, if the regulated cheers on, it may be to stiff competition.
The opposite is true with certain countries -- whenever you hear one telling loudly that "sanctions don't hurt at all and only make me stronger", then you know it hurts.
How on earth did you come to the conclusion that anyone here is talking about all regulation?
This is a very specific form of regulation, and one that very clearly only benefits incumbents with (vast sums of) previous investment. Anthropic is advocating applying "regulation-for-thee, but not for me."
Of course they won't, them being hypocrites is exactly my point. I just hope the world can see a spade for a spade and roll-their-eyes at the future statements of safety/inclusion they love to profess.
They had a relationship with the NSA long before they partnered with the Department of War, they were the first to of all the frontier model companies according to Dean Ball, former Trump Whitehouse AI Policy advisor, in a recent interview with Nathan Labenz.
Curious how all of the employees who professed similar sentiment, EA advocation, etc. justify their work now. A paycheck is a paycheck, sure, but when you're already that well-off, the rest of the world will see you for what you really are *shrug*.