They already kissed the ring, just not the asshole. They have a little dignity left.

Better than the rest. here's $200, Dario!

This is how we bought Tim Cook the gold trophy. Today's fundraising buys tomorrow's tithe.

The whole article reads as virtue signaling to me. Anthropic already has large defense contracts. Their models are already being used by the military. There's really no statement here.

The notion that it's bad to signal virtue is one of the crazier propaganda efforts I've seen over the last 20 years or so.

It’s a manipulative tactic. Businesses have no soul and no conscience.

It's arguable that businesses are subject to the same morality-inducing processes that humans are. For example, as a human (with a soul?) what is at risk when we do something immoral? I see it to be a reputational cost at the highest level. Morality could be viewed from the perspective that it increases predictability/coherence in society (generates less heat).

If societal feedback is the only thing keeping a human from deviating, that’s what we call a sociopath.

The humans working there do. To state otherwise is to absolve those humans of any responsibility.

Did I state otherwise though?

Did I say you stated otherwise?

A company being asked to violate their virtues refuses, and then communicates that to reestablish their commitment to said virtues?

Tell me more about what they should do if a virtue signal in such a situation is a nothing statement.

Isn't it nice to have virtues to signal though? In saying that, you're saying you don't have any worth signaling over.

Not when your actions don’t align with your professed virtues.

How is it virtue signalling when sticking by these principles risks their entire business being destroyed by either being declared a supply chain risk or nationalized?

I read the statement twice. I can't understand how you landed on "take my money".

Looks like an optics dance to me. I've noticed a lot of simultaneous positions lately, everyone from politicians and protesters, to celebrities and corporations. They make statements both in support of a thing, and against that same thing. Switching up emphasis based on who the audience is in what context. A way to please everyone.

To me the statement reads like Anthropic wants to be at the table, ready to talk and negotiate, to work things out. Don't expect updated bullet-point lists about how things are worked out. Expect the occasional "we are the goodies" statements, however.

As a European user, I‘m not happy at all. I can’t fail to notice that non-domestic mass surveillance is not excluded here. I won’t cancel my account just yet because Opus is the best at computer use. But as soon as Mistral catches up and works reasonably well, I‘ll switch.

Go Mistral !

If you don't cancel your account now, I don't see what your problem is. Isn't it standard practice for allies to spy on each other? No reason to wait for Mistral to catch up when EU foreign policy already sealed the deal.

Is your argument I should use a shitty model while my coworkers feed the US-based models with the same data? Where would be the sense in that?

> Isn't it standard practice for allies to spy on each other?

Allies? The US is on the brink of breaking up with the EU.

> EU foreign policy already sealed the deal

Not sure what you mean.

I wonder if this might be a setup by competition. Certainly looks like one.

this article is _about_ kissing the ring and damage control. Are you seriously believing at face value? You're ok with spying non us peaceful citizens?