On: Anthropic employees accuse Trump administration of targeting them

[Lionga]

Anthropic CEO is full of shit, got what he deserved.

He told the world about 20 months ago that all software developers would be gone in 12 months. Why has he not fired all Anthropic Devs yet?

[sanderjd → Lionga]

You can be annoyed by a person or company without wanting the federal government of the United States to grind a personal axe against that person or company.

What you're advocating for here is banana republic governance. It's bad.

[digitaltrees → Lionga]

Remember arbitrary application of law expands and affects everyone. You will be affected. The advantage of the rule of law is the equal application to everyone.

[tiahura → digitaltrees]

Isnt the situation sui generis?

[sanderjd → tiahura]

No, it is not. This is the entire thing about the rule of law. People constantly think their pet thing is sui generis. But actually the even handed application of the rule of law is a general good.

[tiahura → sanderjd]

Argue with Anthropic, Amazon, and the NSA. They all say it is.

[sanderjd → tiahura]

I disagree with them, but they aren't the ones I'm discussing this with here. I'm discussing it with you. What do you think?

[tiahura → sanderjd]

I think none of us know the real facts.

[digitaltrees → tiahura]

The burden is not on them to show that. It’s on the government to show why the restriction is necessary to achieve a compelling public interest.

I’ll make them argue that when you get Sam Altman to admit he lost the lead to anthropic

[tiahura → digitaltrees]

It’s on the government to show why the restriction is necessary to achieve a compelling public interest.

Perhaps, ITAR and the like isn't my legal specialty.

Isn't on a company's CEO to make sure everything is copacetic with its public and private partners?

[digitaltrees → tiahura]

The government has an affirmative obligation to show why it is unique then.

[InsideOutSanta → Lionga]

> Anthropic CEO is full of shit, got what he deserved.

This is an incredibly dumb way to judge a government's behavior.

[b0sk → Lionga]

During the Obama administration, when solar companies were subsidized, the refrain was that "government was picking winners and losers". But now, there's a cut and dry case of one company getting targeted by the administration. Either ban all the powerful models or ban none of them.