[ExI] ai in education

[John Clark]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


* > As Jason played AI vs AI in Prisoners Dilemma, the military has been
> playing the three AIs listed plus others in war gaming scenarios.  They are
> not telling us which one(s) won those, but my vague guess is that Claude
> didn’t.*
>

*The military tested the AIs from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Musk's
XAI, and Anthropic was the one the military like the best and that's why in
July of last year they signed a $200 million contract with Anthropic which
they canceled a week ago today because Anthropic didn't think murder-bots
and Orwellian surveillance of the American population were very good ideas.
Canceling a contract  by itself wouldn't be so bad but they also designated
Anthropic as a supply chain risk, and that is an existential matter for the
company. The thing is, out of all the US AI labs, Anthropic is the one that
places the most emphasis on safety, do you really want a company like that
to be punished? Actually "punished" is too tame a word, unless the
military's decision is overturned by the Supreme Court they will have
succeeded in assassinating Anthropic. *

*I find it interesting that OpenAI President Greg Brockman donated $25
million to the "MAGA Inc Super PAC" and OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman donated
$5 million to it and $1 million to the "Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee";
but neither Anthropic cofounder Daniela Amodei nor his company made a
similar contribution. Apparently Amodei missed what could've been a very
lucrative investment opportunity.*


*> Hegseth was never a general.  He made it to major in the national guard.*
>

*But that's not the position that enabled him to get the Secretary Of War
(not defense) job, he got the job because he was the weekend host of Fox
And Friends and He Who Must Not Be Named thought he was handsome and looked
good on that TV show.  *

* John K Clark*
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