This is a really important point. There are a lot of instances where the government and its AI provider—and US law—concur on what ought to be out-of-bounds. Mass domestic surveillance is one obvious example! But the contractor can’t have procedural carte blanche to cut the cord

HAMMER of JUSTICE: The kids at Anthropic just learned a hard FAFO lesson from the president. Defense contractors don’t get a veto on the weapons they sell the military. We elect our leaders we don’t allow them to enter into contracts with woke AI vendors to give them a veto over

I should note that I am not some Johnny Come Lately on this issue. I have been vocally on the record for eight years now. It is a fundamental principle of American military power, hotly debated even at the founding, and MUST remain true for Anduril. x.com/jawwwn_/status…

People don’t get it. AI is becoming critical infrastructure. It will power defense, finance, intelligence, everything. If a private company can decide how the U.S. government is allowed to use it, that’s not ethics. That’s corporate leverage over a sovereign nation.

Precisely. Most of you have spent five seconds thinking through the Dario vs Trump debate and have gone with your gut feeling likely mostly driven by who you voted for in ‘24. Palmer has spent the last nine years thinking about this issue…half of which was under an admin he is

I appreciate Anthropic's concerns, but it is not the place of the technician to impose his policy judgment on the lawmaker. We learned this lesson the hard way during Covid. If we need restrictions on these systems - and we may well - Congress and the White House must pass them

ib Dario Amodei Dear Dario, I’m going to be very honest with you, Dario, because a lot of people aren’t being honest with you right now. They’re telling you you’re a hero. They’re writing letters, they’re posting on X, they’re saying “brave” and “courageous” and all the beautiful words. And I

Can't believe I didn't think of "Defective Altruism" in 4 years of cooking the EAs

HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Why OpenAI and Sam Altman could say yes where Anthropic couldn't. Hint: it's architectural. OpenAI can say yes while Anthropic can't BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ARE BUILT. HUGE analysis of all of X and everything is going on between OpenAI and Anthropic:

DEI admissions + “everyone gets an A” killed college degrees. They used to signal high IQ + grit via selectivity + grades. Now? Average undergrad IQ crashed from 119 (1939) to just 102 today — literally average (Uttl 2024 meta-analysis). Best fix: Hire sharp kids straight out

Confirmed that Khameini was eliminated, along with thirty others who ran their military this morning. Thank you, Israel.

Iran now has a chance to become one of the most prolific, advanced, and rich countries in the world. Iranians are young, smart, hungry, and insanely hard working. One of the greatest rises in human history is about to happen. Feeling unbelievably optimistic.

Electric Power - Why we need natural gas generation and solar. Solar fuel is free. Gas costs $4-5/MMBtu every hour it runs. Over 20 years, solar wins on economics. No question. But here's what free doesn't buy you: electrons at 7pm on a cold, still, overcast January night.