The American Prospect and other outlets report that Anthropic is creating an extensive monitoring system aimed at activists who oppose fast AI progress. The approach uses predictive methods to flag potential incidents before they occur. Reporting draws on new hires and interview comments. Figures including Miguel Nicolelis and David Adler reacted on X, calling the effort total surveillance and a threat to civil liberties. More Perfect Union posted the Prospect story and quoted critics who link the project to broader privacy erosion under capitalism.
Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence. https://prospect.org/?p=144219
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Media reports claim the AI firm is developing predictive tools to track opponents of rapid development.
The American Prospect and other outlets report that Anthropic is creating an extensive monitoring system aimed at activists who oppose fast AI progress. The approach uses predictive methods to flag potential incidents before they occur. Reporting draws on new hires and interview comments. Figures including Miguel Nicolelis and David Adler reacted on X, calling the effort total surveillance and a threat to civil liberties. More Perfect Union posted the Prospect story and quoted critics who link the project to broader privacy erosion under capitalism.
Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence. https://prospect.org/?p=144219
Daniel Boguslaw@DRBoguslawAnthropic Is building A Pre-Crime system to monitor activists and protesters. Full Story in replies.
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUSAnthropic Is building a surveillance system to monitor activists using a “pre-crime” approach that tries to predict incidents before they happen. The extensive monitoring system that the AI company is building is aimed primarily at keeping tabs on activists who oppose the rapid…
Melanie D'Arrigo@DarrigoMelanie“Capitalism breeds innovation” but the innovation is violating our rights and privacy through mass surveillance instead of eliminating poverty.
Miguel Nicolelis@MiguelNicolelisHere we go! For thos who still doubt what is the real objective of these guys! Total surveillance is kn its way! Enjoy!
David Adler@davidrkadlerDear god 🤯 This is apocalypse for American democracy, brought to you by the 'good guys' over at Anthropic. Anthropic sold themselves as the antidote to OpenAI, risking it all to take on Trump's war machine. Now, they are quietly building the systems that Trump will deploy to…
Dredgen Sale 🔜 GCX (2027) ⬛️⬜️🟪@destiny_thememethats just the plot to Minority Report. youre making Minority Report
Replies condemned Anthropic's pre-crime surveillance system for monitoring activists as dystopian tyranny that echoes Minority Report and threatens democracy.
Based on 152 sentiment-bearing replies from 142 accounts across 8 conversations.
Daniel Boguslaw@DRBoguslawAnthropic Is building A Pre-Crime system to monitor activists and protesters. Full Story in replies.
Daniel Boguslaw@DRBoguslawCody Konior@codykonior@atoherbert @DRBoguslaw You can't have cancer if they wipe out all the humans who can have cancer.
FurBearingMammal@FurryVarmint@DRBoguslaw Why are tech bros so obsessed with creating dystopian nightmares books and movies have repeatedly warned us about?
nymtoshi@nymtoshi@FurryVarmint @DRBoguslaw because they become the next rulers
Replies condemned Anthropic's pre-crime surveillance system for monitoring activists as dystopian tyranny that echoes Minority Report and threatens democracy.
Based on 152 sentiment-bearing replies from 142 accounts across 8 conversations.
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