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For the signatories attributing their names and titles, that should be respected to put your reputation on the line. It means something. As for the others who a
by discopicante 7mo ago
For the signatories attributing their names and titles, that should be respected to put your reputation on the line. It means something. As for the others who are signing 'anonymous', this is meaningless. Either sign or don't. I would suggest removing that as an option.
- JackYoustra 7mo agoThen you would get zero H1B and, frankly, green card signatures. There is real risk and real dependents at stake, I understand people who can't in good conscience put that at risk.
- jabedude 7mo agoWhy should anyone at the Department of War or the general public care what non-citizen employees of these companies think?
- garyfirestorm 7mo agobecause citizenship is not a prerequisite for defending human rights and differentiating right from wrong. this isn't general election and they are not voting, non citizens still enjoy the rights under the constitution like 1A.
- JackYoustra 7mo agoBecause noncitizens can be motivated or not and / or resign and, frankly, there isn't that deep of a well of top tier AI talent. The threat of mass resignations led to OAI re-hiring sam altman, after all. Also why would the department of war care about what citizens think specifically?
- Windchaser 7mo agoThis administration has consistently signaled that they will do all they legally can to punish those dissenters. Look at the White House labeling recent victims of ICE shootings as "terrorists", despite there being no sign of terroristic activity from these US citizens. Or, look at how the WH is cutting Medicaid benefits to Minnesota. Going after the visa-holding employees of these companies is within reach of the WH, and it's consistent with their MO.
- lupire 7mo agoI'm confused. In the OP, the CEO of Anthropomorphic says "I believe deeply in the existential importance of using AI to defend the United States and other democracies, and to defeat our autocratic adversaries." Are you saying that the United States government itself is one of those autocratic adversaries?
- allannienhuis 7mo agowhat rock have you been living under?
- MattGrommes 7mo agoThis administration has shown no qualms about enacting retribution against people who speak out against them, no matter how powerless or seemingly irrelevant the person is.
- furyofantares 7mo agoFrom the link: > They're trying to divide each company with fear that the other will give in. That strategy only works if none of us know where the others stand. This letter serves to create shared understanding and solidarity in the face of this pressure from the Department of War. This is about spreading information among the companies about each others' position, not a petition to the DoD.
- ImPostingOnHN 7mo agothey could sign it with their blind username, which is verified by company email
- segmondy 7mo agoread the page, the anonymous signatures are verified. if not, the entire internet will abuse that page.