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0 pointsmentalgear27d ago0 comments

I agree, if you can do boycott all of them (and maybe use open weight models locally or on e2ee cloud inference providers) - BUT I also think it 's crucial at a moment like this to take a stance against corporations like openAi that sign with the War Department, willing to introduce mass surveillance and autonomous weapons powered by brittle LLMs. This is a recipe for disaster and the only way they will sway away is by feeling it in the money/subscriptions and in their public image they so carefully crafted.

Note: yes, openAi claims it doesn't support the DoW above mentioned use-caes - but they have signed with the DoW and it is HIGHLY unlikely the DoW would give them a different terms than Antrohopic (at least regarding the substance). Maybe openAi was just happy with the "coat of paint" legalese the DoW offered - which Anthropic specifically called out as ineffective in their statement. I also wouldn't put it past Altman, who is much more friendly with Trumpo's gov, to play a double game here to get their main competitor out of the game. But at least in this case I hope he's acting for the benefit of all by truly standing with Anthropic on the issue.

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bluebarbet26d ago

>the DoW [...] the War Department

This is the same as saying "Gulf of America". Don't buy the propaganda. The name of the Department of Defense can only be changed by Congress.

james_marks27d ago

My impression is that this was never about the TOS. It was about breaking a contract with Anthropic by someone with an incentive to replace it with OpenAI.

I don’t have evidence, just using Occam’s razor.

dsf2g26d ago

The evidence point is Brockmans sizeable donation. You think that was for nothing... lol come on.

verdverm27d ago

> HIGHLY unlikely the DoW would give them a different terms than Antrohopic [sic]

I disagree. OpenAi getting the same deal while Anthropic is made a punching bag for resisting. This is very on brand, do not cross the King in public.

The Trump-Epstein administration is obsessed with social media and how they are perceived. Right vs wrong, consistency, accuracy, truth... these are all secondary to appearing "strong" or "winning". They care more about what they are going to tweet than the facts (see Patel, FBI, and the murder of Good & Pretti).

Now look at Iran, Trump said in a post "the calvary is coming" and now we have the largest military build up in the Middle East since invading Iraq. They are now claiming that Iran is days from a nuke and building missiles that can reach the US, after they said the "obliterated" it and fired people for even saying "we don't know yet" It's more likely they will be able to change these things by raining bombs from the sky...

It's imperative look strong and not like you were the one that backed down... One of Roy Cohn's earliest lessons to the young Donald

mentalgearOP26d ago

Maybe you are right. Also, turns out Altman was just doing the Altman thing all along.

"On the very same day that Altman offered public support to Amodei, he signed a deal to take away Amodei’s business, with a deal that wasn’t all that different. You can’t get more Altman than that."

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-thing-was-scam

paulryanrogers26d ago

It does appear the only consistent motivation in this administration is personal glory and enrichment. They crave the spotlight and thinnest appearance of success over everything else.

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