This situation sets a dangerous precedent. Punishing an American company for declining to accept changes to a contract sends a clear message to every technology company in America: accept whatever terms the government demands, or face retaliation.
I predict that the response of the current regime to this will be to trumpet on Truth Social, “Yes! That’s exactly what we’re saying!”
[Imagine Trump’s head in place of the Chad YES guy.]
>Yes, and you [need] these things explicitly stated in public in order to create hard-to-deny common knowledge of them.
You will not dissuade anyone in the regime of doing what they are doing by publicising what they are doing. They are already publicising what they are doing. Trump words are clear enough: “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War”.
I’m somewhat less cynical on open letters than it sounds like you are, Richard.
Do I expect this letter to, by itself, get anyone at the DoW to change course? No.
But I do think it has a chance at being one more bit of evidence that sways congressional leaders, much as protests and calling them directly do. They’re responsive to voter demands because that’s how they stay in office, and if often takes many times hearing the same message because someone, including congress people, to take something seriously.
I predict that the response of the current regime to this will be to trumpet on Truth Social, “Yes! That’s exactly what we’re saying!”
[Imagine Trump’s head in place of the Chad YES guy.]
Yes, and you these things explicitly stated in public in order to create hard-to-deny common knowledge of them.
>Yes, and you [need] these things explicitly stated in public in order to create hard-to-deny common knowledge of them.
You will not dissuade anyone in the regime of doing what they are doing by publicising what they are doing. They are already publicising what they are doing. Trump words are clear enough: “The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War”.
I’m somewhat less cynical on open letters than it sounds like you are, Richard.
Do I expect this letter to, by itself, get anyone at the DoW to change course? No.
But I do think it has a chance at being one more bit of evidence that sways congressional leaders, much as protests and calling them directly do. They’re responsive to voter demands because that’s how they stay in office, and if often takes many times hearing the same message because someone, including congress people, to take something seriously.
That’s true. I still stand by my comment for other, related reasons. They are not the only people that can be influenced.