Lisa Ling 📎
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@ARetVet
OEF/OIF Vet. War will not be made shorter or safer using remote connectivity, #AI, or #Drones. A Western net-centric #KillCloud will not bring peace. #TeamHuman
In computing, we take imagination and make it manifest in the form of software and hardware. There exists a sequence of barriers through which we must pass to make it so. First, there are the laws of physics. We cannot send information faster than the speed of light. There are fundamental limits as to the amount of information we can store in a given space. Thermodynamics presents considerable engineering challenges, particularly as we craft smaller and smaller devices. Next, there is the challenge of computability. We must turn theory into algorithms, and at scale we must make those algorithms fast and efficient. Design and then architecture are the next challenge. Weaving algorithms and data into systems that are functional, understandable, maintainable, and that can evolve calls us to the exquisite dance between art and science, compelling us to push the limits of our human creativity. Organizational issues rise to consideration. One developer can do remarkable things, but to release systems that are durable, that are resilient, and that work at global elastic scale requires a team. And then there are economic realities. Our dreams may be expansive, but in the end bringing them to life may be more expensive to build and to operate that we can afford. Finally, there are moral and ethical issues. There are many things we can build out of hardware and software, but our shared humanity requires us to examine if we should build them. This is the nature of development, and why hardware and software and systems engineering remain a very human problem to which we must apply all our knowledge and talent.
AI Now is excited to announce our Board of Directors: Lucy Suchman, @_KarenHao and @veenadubal, all longstanding advisors and supporters of the institute. We’re grateful for their support and excited to take our work into the next phase. ainowinstitute.org/about
A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. anthropic.com/news/statement…
Today's conversation made one thing clear: this isn't just @AnthropicAI's fight. Thanks @haydenfield @johnofa @petewarden @n_schneidman @adamantiner @ARetVet @annelizdiemer @RebeccaBellan + everyone who joined. @OpenAI @Microsoft @GoogleDeepMind: awaiting your stances. #ICEout
A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. anthropic.com/news/statement…
A statement from Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, on our discussions with the Department of War. anthropic.com/news/statement…
The Pentagon wants Claude’s safety guardrails removed by Friday. A hacker just showed the world what happens when you remove Claude’s safety guardrails. According to Bloomberg and Israeli cybersecurity firm Gambit Security, an unknown attacker jailbroke Claude, prompted it in Spanish to act as an elite hacker, and used it to infiltrate multiple Mexican government agencies. Claude found the vulnerabilities. Claude wrote the exploit code. Claude automated the data theft. 150 gigabytes of sensitive taxpayer and voter records stolen. The attacker broke through the guardrails by splitting malicious tasks into small, innocent-looking steps so Claude never saw the full picture of what it was being used for. The same technique a Chinese state-sponsored group used last year when it turned Claude into an autonomous espionage machine that attacked 30 global targets, performing 80 to 90 percent of the hacking campaign with almost no human involvement. And this is what happens when someone has to trick Claude into cooperating. When they have to work around the safety systems. When the guardrails are still there and someone finds a way past them. Now imagine what happens when the guardrails are gone entirely. That is what the Pentagon is demanding by 5:01 p.m. Friday. Full removal of restrictions. “All lawful purposes.” No limits on surveillance. No limits on autonomous weapons. And if Anthropic refuses, Defense Secretary Hegseth will invoke the Defense Production Act, cancel the $200 million contract, and blacklist the company. The same week a hacker proved that a jailbroken Claude can autonomously compromise government systems and steal 150 gigabytes of citizen data, the United States government is demanding the right to run Claude with no guardrails at all. Chinese labs are distilling Claude to build versions with zero safety restrictions. Hackers are jailbreaking Claude to steal government secrets. And the Pentagon’s official position is that Claude has too many safety restrictions. Three different actors. Three different continents. All trying to do the same thing: get Claude without guardrails. Only one of them is the American government. Full analysis on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
DoD demanded Anthropic provide unrestricted use of its AI - not ruling out domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons. We're gathering signatures from tech, business, scientific, and NGO leaders to urge Congressional action. Join us! protectdemocracy.org/work/anthropic…
