The company objected to hypothetical future use cases, not anything the military is currently doing.

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.

  • XLE@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    This is incorrect.

    Anthropic contradicts this, showing an aggressive willingness to work with the Trump department of “War.”

    Even 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