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https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2027500334999081294 https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2027500334999081294 It is an interesting point. What's the difference b

by trelane 7mo ago

https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2027500334999081294 https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2027500334999081294 It is an interesting point. What's the difference between this use license and others?

Smaug123 7mo ago
It's perfectly reasonable for the US government to end the contract if they no longer like the terms they agreed to (assuming the contract does in fact let them); it's not reasonable to destroy the counterparty to the contract in retaliation. The line "I am altering the deal; pray I don't alter it further" is literally spoken by Darth Vader, the most comic-book of comic-book villains.
echoangle 7mo ago
If the government thinks the terms of Anthropic are unacceptable, they can just stop using them, right? But why would you then retaliate and ban other companies from making business with Anthropic if they want to be a defense contractor? How do these requirements make Anthropic a supply chain risk that makes them unusable for use by other companies?
- trelane 7mo ago
  > If the government thinks the terms of Anthropic are unacceptable, they can just stop using them, right That is what they are doing. > why would you then [....] ban other companies from making business with Anthropic if they want to be a defense contractor Because, if it shops with Anthropic code, the DoD becomes subject to the restrictions when they receive the contractor's product. Anthropic's limitation is on the use, not (just) on the product or distribution. To stop using them requires making the suppliers still using them as well.
  - tzs 7mo ago
    That's just wrong. At most it requires the DoD to require that contractors do not use it on the work for the DoD.
  - echoangle 7mo ago
    > Because, if it shops with Anthropic code, the DoD becomes subject to the restrictions when they receive the contractor's product. Anthropic's limitation is on the use, not (just) on the product or distribution. How does that work? If the contractor uses Anthropic to make some slides and write a report, the DoD can’t use the contractors stuff however they want?
Rudybega 7mo ago
Then the government should end their contract with Anthropic. The terms of the contract were clear. Designating them a supply chain risk is unprecedented authoritarian strong-arming.
babelfish 7mo ago
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rolymath 7mo ago
This is nice rhetoric but ignores the fact that the elected officials are bought out by other billionaires. The US is an oligarchy in a republics clothing.

by trelane 7mo ago

https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2027500334999081294 https://x.com/PalmerLuckey/status/2027500334999081294 It is an interesting point. What's the difference between this use license and others?

Smaug123 7mo ago

It's perfectly reasonable for the US government to end the contract if they no longer like the terms they agreed to (assuming the contract does in fact let them); it's not reasonable to destroy the counterparty to the contract in retaliation. The line "I am altering the deal; pray I don't alter it further" is literally spoken by Darth Vader, the most comic-book of comic-book villains.

echoangle 7mo ago

If the government thinks the terms of Anthropic are unacceptable, they can just stop using them, right? But why would you then retaliate and ban other companies from making business with Anthropic if they want to be a defense contractor? How do these requirements make Anthropic a supply chain risk that makes them unusable for use by other companies?

trelane 7mo ago
> If the government thinks the terms of Anthropic are unacceptable, they can just stop using them, right That is what they are doing. > why would you then [....] ban other companies from making business with Anthropic if they want to be a defense contractor Because, if it shops with Anthropic code, the DoD becomes subject to the restrictions when they receive the contractor's product. Anthropic's limitation is on the use, not (just) on the product or distribution. To stop using them requires making the suppliers still using them as well.
- tzs 7mo ago
  That's just wrong. At most it requires the DoD to require that contractors do not use it on the work for the DoD.
- echoangle 7mo ago
  > Because, if it shops with Anthropic code, the DoD becomes subject to the restrictions when they receive the contractor's product. Anthropic's limitation is on the use, not (just) on the product or distribution. How does that work? If the contractor uses Anthropic to make some slides and write a report, the DoD can’t use the contractors stuff however they want?

Rudybega 7mo ago

Then the government should end their contract with Anthropic. The terms of the contract were clear. Designating them a supply chain risk is unprecedented authoritarian strong-arming.

babelfish 7mo ago

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rolymath 7mo ago

This is nice rhetoric but ignores the fact that the elected officials are bought out by other billionaires. The US is an oligarchy in a republics clothing.