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unyttigfjelltoltoday at 7:01 PM5 repliesview on HN

Techno futurist:

1. Builds tool extremely capable of mass surveillance and running autonomous warfighting capabilities.

2. Expresses shock — shock — when the Department of War insists on using the tool for mass surveillance and autonomous warfighting systems.


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Thrymrtoday at 7:45 PM

I don't doubt that Claude is capable of mass surveillance, but surely it is not too much of a stretch to say it may not be suitable for automated killbots?

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diydsptoday at 7:41 PM

1. The article points out Claude has resisted being trained for that. AI in general could, but Claude can not.

spidersensestoday at 7:36 PM

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EA-3167today at 7:44 PM

Step 1.5 is also the one being ignored by 95% of comments here: the leverage the Pentagon is using is the lucrative contract Anthropic signed with them. The only threat here is Anthropic sucking up less money from the DoD.

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