Comment by alt227
1 day ago
> He can fucking afford to have some fucking principles.
Who is to say he doesnt? Just because they dont align with yours doesnt mean he doesnt have his own principles.
> he's choosing to do the wrong thing
To many millions he is doing the right thing. I am on the fence personally, but I know many people who think that increasing defense capabilities at any cost is something that the governmetn should be doing. Any company that helps them do that is 'doing the right thing'.
> I wouldn't let being a coward stop me from doing the right thing
The 'right thing' is always subjective, and for you it is decided by you alone. Try to remember that and see things from both sides.
He posted like seven hours ago about these principles and changed them like twenty minutes after the president had a temper tantrum about Anthropic.
Whether or not he agrees with my principles isn’t the issue. He doesn’t even agree with his own stated principles. He posted his stipulations about AI models used by the department of defense to presumably get social credit, and then changed his mind over the course of a few hours.
He claims that the Department of Defense principles just happen to now align with these principles but as far as I can tell he seems to just be trusting their word. The word of a Fox News TV host and a convicted fraudster.
You can judge his actions all you like, but unless you know the man and sit down and discuss it with him everything you are saying is just speculation and opinion. That is fine, just realise that.
Actions are the only thing that matter.
"He does evil things, but maybe he feels conflicted about it. That makes them okay."
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Umm, no shit? This isn’t actually saying anything. I am saying that his stated principles are inconsistent with his actions.
Yes, sure, maybe deep down on his heart of hearts he actually is the most kind caring person who ever existed, but I have no way of knowing what is in his heart of hearts so I can only judge him by what he has said and done, and I am arguing that his actions don’t match his words.
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There has to be a line that will not be crossed, in order to be seen to have principles.
Until that line has been reached, we can safely assume there are no principles at play.
You are the one drawing that line for yourself. Everybodies line of principles is in a different place.
No, you're incorrect.
Some people never reach a line. And if they do get close, it gets hastily redrawn.
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"increasing defense capabilities at any cost "
Ugh
Agreed, but in this society of fear created after 9/11 it is a very popular sentiment across many millions of people.