Anthropic Tries to Save America

This week, the US Military demanded unfettered access to Anthropic's Claude, which the Pentagon already uses. Specifically, the Military wants to remove 2 safeguards surrounding mass domestic surveillance and autonomous kill decisions. To their credit, Anthropic said no.

Honestly, these don't seem like strong enough safeguards, for example there's nothing in those two limitations regarding subverting elections. The only credible argument for removing these restrictions is that our enemies won't hesitate to use these new tools for all this and more, putting us at a dangerous disadvantage.

Of course, those are the exact same arguments made for torture, war crimes and chemical weapons. In America, our strength comes from (trying) to choose the right path even when it's difficult, with both our domestic freedoms and how we treat others. The example is a beacon, that has attracted great people to this country from all over the world, since its founding.

Some might claim America has lost her way of late, but a San Francisco-born CEO risking a 9 figure contract to stand up to their government in the name of Freedom... that's exactly the kind of patriotism and strength we can all still be proud of.