I wrote this a few months ago right after the Anthropic/DoW conflict & Citrini & Block: “t But I think that single week is a good illustration of what the near future will feel like… as the stakes go up, it is likely things will feel even more unstable..” https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-shape-of-the-thing
Many users described rising AI stakes and related government actions as catastrophic extortion and manipulative BS by companies seeking to avoid accountability.
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I wrote this a few months ago right after the Anthropic/DoW conflict & Citrini & Block: “But I think that single week is a good illustration of what the near future will feel like… as the stakes go up, it is likely things will feel even more unstable..” https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-shape-of-the-thing

@emollick All of the Anthropic and OpenAi BS is so they can avoid the debt and financial fallout.
Real safety is engineered. Real safety is transparent. Real safety doesn’t need regulation.
NO BAILOUTS!!! •

Trump muses about the US taking ownership stakes in AI firms. Days later, a national-security export order forces Anthropic to kill its two top models. Stated reason: security. Real result: leverage. A pincher movement, pairing security and equity. The precedent should alarm everyone.

@emollick Also economies, commodities and geopolitics.

@emollick still looking pretty accurate

@emollick This is so catastrophic. It is hard to imagine this open extortion will be allowed.