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(Evening Standard) – From plagues and volcanic eruptions to the current Covid pandemic, mankind has always been faced with catastrophes.
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Peter Zeihan: The U.S. Defense Department’s Anthropic Deadline
The U.S. Defense Department gave Anthropic a deadline to allow unrestricted military use of its Claude AI model. Refusal to cooperate could result in the Pentagon invoking the Defense Production Act or bar Antrhopic from all defense work.
Warfare is constantly evolving, and autonomous systems that require advanced AI are part of that evolution. Claude is one of the few models capable of this level of surveillance, analysis, and guidance, so Anthropic has come into the military’s crosshairs. Since Anthropoic weaves ethics into its AI models, it opposes mass surveillance and fully autonomous lethal systems…leaving us with quite the dilemma.
Refusing the Defense Department’s request could freeze Claude’s development, forcing the military toward inferior AI alternatives. Clashes like this are unavoidable and hit the core of the digital age, choosing between ethical and practical.
Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist, which is a fancy way of saying he helps people understand how the world works. He combines an expert understanding of demography, economics, energy, politics, technology, and security to help clients best prepare for an uncertain future.
Peter is also a New York Times best-selling author whose first three books — The Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower and Disunited Nations — have been recommended by Mitt Romney, Fareed Zakaria, and Ian Bremmer. Peter’s fourth book, The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, was published in June 2022 and was a New York Times bestseller. With a keen eye toward what will drive tomorrow’s headlines, his irreverent approach transforms topics that are normally dense and heavy into accessible, relevant takeaways for audiences of all types. Contact WWSG to host Peter Zeihan.
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