Comment by mingus88
2 days ago
Their statement called out automatic weapons targeting and domestic surveillance as two lines they would not cross
2 days ago
Their statement called out automatic weapons targeting and domestic surveillance as two lines they would not cross
Anthropic's statement specified mass domestic surveillance. Not all domestic surveillance. And fully autonomous weapons with today's systems. Not automatic targeting. And not never.
Not targeting, automatic firing. They want a human to chose when to fire, but they AI can so the targeting.
But.. we already have automatic weapons targeting systems and the PATRIOT act, which enjoys bi-partisan support already providing basically limitless domestic surveillance.
Doesn't mean Anthropic wants their tech making it even worse.
Agreed, but the details released so far are pretty sparse on what exactly was being asked. If they're resisting general AI to help missiles find their target better, then I think it's pretty foolish of Anthropic to resist because that's happening come hell or high water. If it's about resisting mass surveileance without a warrant of American citizens, then I'd cheer Anthropic on for pulling out, but we just don't know apparently.
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