There is no Department of War, Christ this is some Idiocracy shit.
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2026
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OpenAI's Sam Altman has praised Trump and our "warfighters."
So did Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, in a desperate attempt to please Trump.
Au contraire, I think they should be calling themselves DoW. No more "defence" BS. It is, and always has been, about war.
Billions of your money? Yeah that's going to fund wars. War on the whole world, war on their own citizens, WAR!
It was the original name. Fuhrer Trump just doesn't have the right to decree whatever he wants
clearly he does
This just shows you don't understand the difference between power and right.
the constitution hasn't mattered for a long time
Servile and defeatist rhetoric that plays right into fascist hands. There's also a difference between being ignored and mattering.
not defeatist at all, just believe in accepting reality. the constitution has been toilet paper since day one
Why are you so upset about them restoring the original name? When was the last time US military defended the US soil vs. launching an attack?
Rare AI W
Edit: On Anthropics part I mean x)
Anthropic is still an incredibly evil company; always has been. And there's no discernible difference between the OpenAI and Anthropic deals with the Trump administration.
Here's a list of things Anthropic was willing to do for Trump:
- Mass surveillance of non-Americans
- Targeted surveillance of Americans
- Semi-autonomous bombings
- Fully autonomous bombings... in the future
I don't think it's fair to take the two items they were fighting against, and warping around the details, as a statement of acceptance, especially given how Stinky Pete wouldn't even budge on those two.
Anthropic took a stand on a couple of guardrails, that you or I would consider to be very basic acceptable rules, but that the rest of their competition immediately lambasted, at the risk of their Pentagon contract, and even a national blacklisting that could completely take down their company. They lost, but at least they didn't back down. And they are still at risk of being blackballed, because we live in a dictatorship where some fuckhead president can write whatever EO he wants without Congressional approval.
I'm sure as fuck ain't going to call Dario a hero, or ignore all of the shit Anthropic did to get this far. But, I am going to call out when a company and CEO sticks their neck out in front of a crazed axe-wielding executioner, in an environment where everybody else is cowering behind the curtains and closets.
If you aren't familiar with his actual stance, you have been told a warped version of Warfighter Dario's vision. I can't blame you because the media is complicit, and everybody loves a story of good guy versus bad guy, but this is the reality:
Partially autonomous weapons, like those used today in Ukraine, are vital to the defense of democracy. Fully autonomous weapons (those that take humans out of the loop entirely and automate selecting and engaging targets) may prove critical for our national defense. We have offered to work directly with the Department of War on R&D to improve the reliability of these systems.
Our strong preference is to continue to serve the Department and our warfighters.
Dario Amodei, Warmonger
Anthropic understands that the Department of War, not private companies, makes military decisions. We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.
Dario Amodei, Just Following Orders
Partially autonomous weapons, like those used today in Ukraine, are vital to the defense of democracy.
You mean drones? You're talking about drones. What's wrong with drones?
We have never raised objections to particular military operations nor attempted to limit use of our technology in an ad hoc manner.
They had a contract with the Pentagon. They literally deal with military operations on a regular basis.
Hell, most of the pivotal technology developed in the last thousand years started as a military invention before civilian use. Including this internet thing you're arguing on right now.
Okay, so you're just a straight up "right-wing" warmonger yourself.
What's wrong with drones?
Jesus Christ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_the_United_States_drone_strikes
They had a contract with the Pentagon. They literally deal with military operations on a regular basis.
Cool Trump apologia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/what-countries-has-trump-attacked-since-returning-to-office
Okay, so you’re just a straight up “right-wing” warmonger yourself.
Far from it. You seem unnecessarily reactionary, ready to hard-accuse anybody that doesn't agree 100% with your ideals. Again, absolutism is a bad thing, and the world is far more nuanced than your beliefs give it credit for.
You do not know me. Do not pretend that you do.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_the_United_States_drone_strikes
I could just as easily produce civilian casualties from the Iraq War, the Vietnam war, WWII, whatever. Shit, the US can never repay the terrible terrible debt it caused against the citizens of Laos.
None of that damage was caused by drones. The weapons change, but the horrible military decisions, unfortunately, do not.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/28/what-countries-has-trump-attacked-since-returning-to-office
This has nothing to do with LLMs. These are human decisions, made by terrible human beings that deserve to get shoved into the frontlines like the draft dodgers they are.
Okay, right-wing reactionary. Thanks for expanding on the NRA slogan and expanding your warmonger rhetoric to defend Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. They're just making the guns!
(Edit: strange, suddenly you care about bad businesses.)
But even if I take your entire pro-military-industrial-complex rhetorical stance as granted, Warmonger Dario Amodei said he wants to develop fully autonomous weapons, which is a step even beyond your bloodthirst. I hope. So you don't need to keep defending him... Right?