The New Coffee Room

When I’m bored I go to Walmart and enter one of the fitting rooms.

After about 5 or so minutes I scream “Hey, there’s no toilet paper in here!”

Mamdani probably just showed him her picture.

Choot ‘em

Yeah some commentators were saying Trump filmed a campaign commercial for the Dems during his speech ridiculing the idea of affordability being a problem. (Though I never saw the clip myself)

There was a famous one they named Nim Chimsky as the idea was to use him to disprove Chomsky’s theory that language was uniquely human.

Iranian Jews. There is such thing as Iranian-Americans but they all live in Los Angeles.

Can you summarize for those who have no account?

I could do no better than that summary.

Get out your popcorn.

An interesting question is why the DoD doesn't just go with Xai. I guess Claude really is better.

Ha. I remember that now.

Trump has been musing about 'nationalizing' the election (though only in certain states, so really taking it over in blue states). He has specifically said that if Congress won't do it, he'll do it by EO.

Now this. Hopefully the courts can save us.

Ok, so let’s leave the legality to the future lawyers since it depends on actual use.

For tomorrow’s deadline, they’re insisting that Anthropic NOT NOT provide a certain capability. Which is different than insisting they DO provide that same capability. In fact, the latter is dishonest tribal rhetoric.

Ok, I’m learning. Don’t give up on me yet.

So they’re not insisting that the company provide the capability, they’re insisting that they not NOT provide the capability.

Ok glad we’ve cleared that up.

Shame on me for the tortured framing.

@Horace said in Hegseth to Anthropic: Nice company you got there…:

The Pentagon's demand is that Anthropic agree to "all lawful use" without the company imposing its own additional restrictions.

So they are insisting that they provide the capability? You explicitly said otherwise a few posts back.

I think the people would be happy if we took the mullahs out. The problem is the IRG would still run the place. I don't know what it would take to get rid of them, and whether/how it could be done without a full-on Iraqi-style occupation which I doubt there's much stomach for in the Whitehouse or the country as a whole.

@Horace said in Hegseth to Anthropic: Nice company you got there…:

@jon-nyc said in Hegseth to Anthropic: Nice company you got there…:
Another framing would be that the DoD refuses to delegate authority to Anthropic to decide what is or is not ethical or illegal.

If you're right, then Anthropic can just write a letter saying they take no position on the legality and ethics of mass surveillance of US citizens and the matter is solved.

After all (according to you) the DoD has not demanded that they provide the capability.

They would be the first to tell you that Congress decided it was illegal. The only thing Anthropic decided was to withhold the capability.

Hegseth is threatening them for having done that. That is 100% true.