After Anthropic refused flat out to agree to apply Claude AI to autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens, OpenAI jumps right into bed with the United States Department of War.

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago* (4 children)

If you aren't familiar with his actual stance, you have been told a warped version of Warfighter Dario's vision. I can't blame you because the media is complicit, and everybody loves a story of good guy versus bad guy, but this is the reality:

Partially autonomous weapons, like those used today in Ukraine, are vital to the defense of democracy. Fully autonomous weapons (those that take humans out of the loop entirely and automate selecting and engaging targets) may prove critical for our national defense. We have offered to work directly with the Department of War on R&D to improve the reliability of these systems.

Our strong preference is to continue to serve the Department and our warfighters.

Dario Amodei, Warmonger

Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.

Dario Amodei, Just Following Orders

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    I can’t blame you because the media is complicit, and everybody loves a story of good guy versus bad guy, but this is the reality:

    No, I acknowledge that the world is a helluva lot more nuanced than "AI bad, military bad, absolute stances good". Absolutism is what we accuse our smooth-brained right-winged asshats of doing, so we certainly shouldn't be caught doing the same thing.

    Partially autonomous weapons, like those used today in Ukraine, are vital to the defense of democracy.

    You mean drones? You're talking about drones. What's wrong with drones?

    We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.

    They had a contract with the Pentagon. They literally deal with military operations on a regular basis.

    Hell, most of the pivotal technology developed in the last thousand years started as a military invention before civilian use. Including this internet thing you're arguing on right now.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Okay, so you're just a straight up "right-wing" warmonger yourself.

    What's wrong with drones?

    Jesus Christ.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_the_United_States_drone_strikes

    They had a contract with the Pentagon. They literally deal with military operations on a regular basis.

    Cool Trump apologia.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/what-countries-has-trump-attacked-since-returning-to-office

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Okay, so you’re just a straight up “right-wing” warmonger yourself.

    Far from it. You seem unnecessarily reactionary, ready to hard-accuse anybody that doesn't agree 100% with your ideals. Again, absolutism is a bad thing, and the world is far more nuanced than your beliefs give it credit for.

    You do not know me. Do not pretend that you do.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_the_United_States_drone_strikes

    I could just as easily produce civilian casualties from the Iraq War, the Vietnam war, WWII, whatever. Shit, the US can never repay the terrible terrible debt it caused against the citizens of Laos.

    None of that damage was caused by drones. The weapons change, but the horrible military decisions, unfortunately, do not.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/what-countries-has-trump-attacked-since-returning-to-office

    This has nothing to do with LLMs. These are human decisions, made by terrible human beings that deserve to get shoved into the frontlines like the draft dodgers they are.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Okay, right-wing reactionary. Thanks for expanding on the NRA slogan and expanding your warmonger rhetoric to defend Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. They're just making the guns!

    (Edit: strange, suddenly you care about bad businesses.)

    But even if I take your entire pro-military-industrial-complex rhetorical stance as granted, Warmonger Dario Amodei said he wants to develop fully autonomous weapons, which is a step even beyond your bloodthirst. I hope. So you don't need to keep defending him... Right?

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