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0 pointsspongebobstoes25d ago0 comments

you're right, supply chain risk is not a negotiating tool. it's spite after talks have ended. it indicates a ruined relationship

the oai deal is similar, but it includes technical safeguards. I think anthropic would have wanted the oai deal

the deal was not only successful because the govt is rebounding. the miltary prefers boundaries to be technical, not contractual

they can try using it, and trust that it will only operate within its designed limits, where the output is reliable

technical barriers to misuse help prevent both accidental and bad-faith misuse. a contract allows both kinds of misuse, enforced only by lawsuits. filing in court to dispute the terms is not always allowed

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mpalmer25d ago

> supply chain risk is not a negotiating tool. it's spite after talks have ended.

No. It's unlawful abuse of power.

> the miltary prefers boundaries to be technical, not contractual

That's nice for the military. Meanwhile, Anthropic has the right to refuse the use of its IP without being subject to punishment by the government.

You seem to me to be irretrievably "deal-brained", and not at all concerned about the obvious abuse of power by the government here, or the constant display of bad faith by gov't officials.

Imustaskforhelp25d ago

Adding more to this, IIRC US Govt threatened to invoke laws which have never been used against an American company in the entire history of US over two conditions that were:

1. No global surveillance on citizens

2. No autonomous killing machines (essentially)

That was it, Anthropic was fine with everything else but they couldn't (in their conscience?) agree to these two things and just these two very reasonable demands caused the govt. to spiral so bad.

spongebobstoesOP25d ago

I am comparing the oai and anthropic deals. most of your comment isn't on that topic

if you believe the government acts in bad faith and is untrustworthy, why trust them to not violate the terms of a contract?

technical safeguards are more secure. the oai deal seems better

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