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Arguably, it was Anthropic's decision to abide by their Government's orders. They could have not done so, but that would likely have consequences they weren't w
by cassianoleal 4mo ago
Arguably, it was Anthropic's decision to abide by their Government's orders. They could have not done so, but that would likely have consequences they weren't willing to face.
- willtemperley 4mo agoI choose to follow the law, but it’s an obligation not a decision. Framing it like this just misses the big picture entirely. A few words from a tech CEO is all it takes for this government to take extreme measures like this.
- inigyou 4mo agoViewing it as an obligation means you are weak. There are consequences to disobeying the law - a successful person will view them through the lens of cost-benefit analysis, not of dogma.
- willtemperley 4mo agoGood luck with that. I hope you’re successful in your law breaking endeavours with your highly informed cost benefit analyses.
- inigyou 4mo agoI've broken many laws. Have you not? Never crossed at a red light with no cars in sight?
- ifwinterco 4mo agoAt the end of the day it's not really a decision at all, the government has a lot of men with guns, Anthropic has (presumably) low numbers to zero of men with guns. You don't really have a choice if the government decides to play hardball
- inigyou 4mo agoThere are other things that can happen. For example, Anthropic could secretly transfer a copy of the model to a Chinese company in exchange for a large sum of yuan at a Chinese bank. Both parts of the transaction would be invisible to US authorities. I don't think this is a likely occurrence but if you think it's impossible then you need to think outside the box more.
- ifwinterco 4mo agoFair point, but doing that from inside the US under the direct view of multiple three letter agencies would be extremely risky to put it mildy
- inigyou 4mo agoIf it's lucrative but risky, it will happen.