If people would instead use the term "Text generator" instead of "AI", boomers like Hegseth would understand that the military is not its use case
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Anthropic's artificial-intelligence model Claude was used in the U.S. military's operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Claude's deployment came via Anthropic's partnership with data firm Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O) -WSJ via Reuters
Someone at Anthropic apparently saw that story, asked how Claude was used, and the Pentagon got cagey.
Text vomiter would be even more accurate
Turbo Travesty.
"Text generator to"
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Identify the next target to attack
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Justify the latest military operation to the press
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Induce a panic in Congress to get the Pentagon more money
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Lie about how the latest military engagement is going
Seems to fulfill all the basic responsibilities of a modern Secretary of ~~Defense~~ Offense. Why do we even need Hegseth at all? Hell, why do we need the Joint Chiefs? Just direct all future queries to the GenAI.mil platform. We can scrape every bureaucrat over the rank of Major with this thing.
Kinda crazy how the US gov't has all this money for surveillance but not enough to pay interest on its debt.
Isn't Pete Hegseth the guy who gets drunk and invites journalists to secret military chats?
He leaks secrets that remind him of the good times He leaks secrets that remind of the better times
Oh Petey boyyyyyy
o/
Man we used to high five in IRC and now all i see is a salute. 😟
That and is totally cool taking orders from a treasonous child rapist
If the fascists don't like it, Anthropic must be doing something right.
Though you can never tell for sure with CEOs, Dario Amodei has shown dangerous signs of being ethical, at least with not overselling LLM capabilities and with giving serious thought to downstream risks. On the input side, honoring copyright and not abusing fair use: maybe not so much.
Aaaaaaaaand it's gone: https://lite.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-change
Now they are just like any other AI corporation.
Whenever the Pentagon catches even the slightest whiff of a conscience among its contractors they move immediately to snuff it out.
im guessing palinitir isnt what its cracke dup to be of its own AI.
Anyone else have “SkyNet released” on their 2026 bingo card?
I have to doubt they will use it, regardless of any concerns.
I imagine you meant to say “no doubt” they will use it. Because I have none.
That's how I read it. They are already using it, but want absolutely no guardrails or ethical interference.
Anthropic believes AI is not reliable enough to operate weapons
something something walk or drive to the car wash something something
Three possible outcomes:
- Anthropic drop their pretense of caring in exchange for further blood money
- Kegseth gives them an extension in exchange for an obvious bribe
- Both.
I'm thinking it's probably 3.
MAGA Diplomacy: "Just shut the fuck up, and take the fucking money. What's the matter with you?"