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Mythos. It's all about Mythos. Once they realized that DoW had locked themselves out of Mythos because of their beef with Anthropic, Trump invited Anthropic to
by paulsutter 5mo ago
Mythos. It's all about Mythos.
Once they realized that DoW had locked themselves out of Mythos because of their beef with Anthropic, Trump invited Anthropic to the White House, and in that meeting they convinced Trump that Mythos is a big deal, and that China is distilling their models.
Excited to have a powerful tool, now they are saying it should be used by Government agencies first, and therefore, regulation.
Key takeaway: when defense types hear something is DANGEROUS, they want more of it. That's the outcome of discussing x-risk with the federal government. "Existential risk? That sounds GREAT! How can we get more of that, make it more dangerous?"
- pixelready 5mo agoYeah, it’s the same reason that Alex Karp goes on those unhinged apocalyptic rants about Palantir. It’s not for public consumption, it’s for defense insiders. The old logic prevails: a world destroying system is bound to exist, so WE must control it. Spare no expense.
- jcgrillo 5mo agoIt's hilarious, terrifying, and weirdly reassuring that these insiders are dumb enough to fall for this shit.
- busterarm 5mo ago> The old logic prevails: a world destroying system is bound to exist, so WE must control it. Spare no expense. Except it is both true AND it works. Keeping your foot down on who can produce weapons-grade fissile materials is working out pretty damn well so far. And the Russo-Ukranian War is proving any idiot with a few rubles can cobble together incredibly efficient combat drones. We need to be probing the limits of that yesterday. It can both feel bad and be the right thing to do because the alternatives are worse.
- austin-cheney 5mo ago> when defense types hear something is DANGEROUS, they want more of it I have been doing defense work for almost 30 years and in my experience that is the opposite of true.
- irishcoffee 5mo agoThe way this forum views the DoD and contracting makes me chuckle on a weekly basis.
- goosejuice 5mo agoI would imagine that heightened fear/threat results in increased budgets. Is that not the case?
- austin-cheney 5mo agoBudgets are driven by congress from input by industry, senior military leaders, and current operations. Perceived risk is a completely unrelated political reality for uninformed voters.
- goosejuice 5mo ago> Budgets are driven by congress from input by industry, senior military leaders, and current operations. So, yes? I can certainly see why defense contractors would prefer stability i.e. a cold war over a real war. But in a less dangerous world there's less need for defense contractors. e.g. '93 last supper > Perceived risk is a completely unrelated political reality for uninformed voters. Doesn't seem relevant to this thread unless we interpreted dangerous differently.
- malcolmgreaves 5mo ago*DoD, don’t use the regime’s illegitimate rebrand.