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Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by heresie-dabord on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:50AM (#47179473)
> how driven by ideals many folks at $Corporatron are

Well let's see... it says in the post:

    * worked proactively to deploy our models to the Department of War and the intelligence community. 

    * the first frontier AI company to deploy our models in the US government’s classified networks, 

    * the first to deploy them at the National Laboratories, and 

    * the first to provide custom models for national security customers. 

    * extensively deployed across the Department of War and other national security agencies

    * offered to work directly with the Department of War on R&D to improve the reliability of these systems

    * accelerating the adoption and use of our models within our armed forces to date.

    * never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.
Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by wrsh07 on Friday February 27, 2026 @09:19AM (#47180744)
They didn't claim to have pacifist ideals

In fact, they claim to be pro America and pro democracy and have repeatedly expressed concerns about autocratically governed countries.

Just because you disagree with their ideals doesn't mean they're not holding to theirs

Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by leshow on Friday February 27, 2026 @10:39AM (#47181782)
They sound exactly like George Bush and every other American leader who's claimed high minded ideals while they engage in interventions in direct contradiction to those ideals around the world
Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by wrsh07 on Friday February 27, 2026 @01:53PM (#47184098)
To be clear, I don't think anthropic is itself intervening.

The concerns they've raised about authoritarianism is "AI enabling authoritarians."

When they push back on the US government wanting to use Claude to (legally) surveil US citizens, that still feels consistent to me as a concern about authoritarianism.

I think it's reasonable to hear high minded ideals and become skeptical, but in this case I'm surprised that people are trying to accuse them of hypocrisy

Re:Statement from Dario Amodei on Our Discussions with the D... by mikkupikku on Friday February 27, 2026 @09:40AM (#47181015)
Lots of people driven by ideals work for the US military. Not me, ever, but other people certainly.