The US War Department is threatening to terminate a $200M contract with Anthropic if the AI company doesn't allow Claude to control autonomous weapons and conduct mass surveillance. Elon Musk indicated he would allow xAI/Grok to do so. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/tech/hegseth-anthropic-ai-military-amodei
I don't understand the objections. Autonomous weapons are the future of warfare. They reduce civilian casualties by providing precise targeting as opposed to carpet bombing or genocide. China has successfully used mass surveillance to reduce crime to 1/10 the rate of the US and quash unproductive political division. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tb9c1aaff01c2b823-M2832731e0aabb33162fa1f03 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
