Comment by _alternator_
15 hours ago
This is exactly what it says: the only restrictions are the restrictions that are already in law. This seems like the weasel language Dario was talking about.
15 hours ago
This is exactly what it says: the only restrictions are the restrictions that are already in law. This seems like the weasel language Dario was talking about.
Laws that can be changed on a whim by "executive orders", or laws that apparently can be ignored completely, like international law.
Like by an administration who is constantly ignoring and violating both domestic and international law?
Like by an administration that likes to act extra judiciously and ignore habeas corups?
I wonder where we'd find such a government. Probably shouldn't give them the power to "do anything legal NOR 'consistent with operational requirements'". That's the power to do anything they want
They do note that their contract language specifically references the laws as they exist today.
Presumably if the laws become less restrictive, that does not impact OpenAI's contract with them (nothing would change) but if the laws become more restrictive (eg certain loopholes in processing American's data get closed) then OpenAI and the DoD should presumably^ not break the new laws.
^ we all get to decide how much work this presumably is doing
> They do note that their contract language specifically references the laws as they exist today.
Where?
> The system shall also not be used for domestic law-enforcement activities except as permitted by the Posse Comitatus Act and other applicable law.
Sounds like it's worded to specifically apply to whatever law is currently applicable, no?
No, executive orders can't change law and international law, unless ratified by congress, is not democratically legitimized and applicable law in the US to begin with
You mean like the tariffs congress didn't approve?
Dictators rarely gain power legitimately, and always keep it with violence.
There's a stark difference between de jure and de facto here. Executive orders will brazen, tyrannical effects and are often reined in late or never.
We just started a war with Iran without congressional approval or briefing, so I'm not sure if law has meaning anymore.
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LOL. you really believe that?
Not that this means the big AI corps should relax their values (it truly doesn't), but I would be extremely surprised if the DoD/DoW doesn't have anyone capable of fine tuning an open weights model for this purpose.
And, I mean, if they don't, gpt 5.3 is going to be pretty good help
Given the volume fine tuning a small model is probably the only cost effective way to do it anyway
Contrary to benchmarks, open weight models are way behind the frontier.
My point is that you don't want a big model for the kind of analysis being discussed here
Even if they were paying frontier prices they would be choosing 5 mini or nano with no thinking
At that point, a fine tuned open source model is going to be on the pareto frontier