cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43768262
Some may have believed they were against AI being used for war. They just don’t want it to make the final kill decision.
The argument given by those supporting them is that AI in the military was inevitable, so their position is a reasonable one.
They had a long standing contract with the Pentagon. There was a weeks long fight between said Pentagon and Anthropic on how the software is licensed.
And you realize just now that Claude is used by the Pentagon?