<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com" target="_blank">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> </span><span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>></span> </span></i></span><span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Georgia,serif">The AI’s version of safety might mean turning around and destroying the guy who fired the weapon. </span></i></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span>…You cannot be certain if that would be a good thing or a bad thing<span>,</span> but to make the best decision you are capable of you would need to take into consideration who ordered the guy to fire the weapon, and who designed the safety features on the AI, and figure out which one was more trustworthy…. </span></b><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><u></u> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><i style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>John, with that answer, I completely understand why the military will go nowhere near any company you own or have any influence over. A soldier does not want the guy in the foxhole next to him pondering values and making nuanced decisions on whether or not to defend him. He doesn’t want his own weapons doing that either.</font></i></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>OK I can understand why the military doesn't like that<span class="gmail_default" style="">,</span> but you're not in the military so<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>why do you <span class="gmail_default" style="">dis</span>like it? I hope you're not one of those <span class="gmail_default" style="">"</span>my country right or wrong<span class="gmail_default" style="">"</span> people.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> But</span> if the military doesn't like Anthropic <span class="gmail_default" style="">then </span>they don't have to do business with them, I have no problem with that, but they did far more<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </span><span class="gmail_default" style=""></span>they<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>designated the company or supply chain risk! The government is attempting to assassinate one of the most successful <span class="gmail_default" style="">a</span>nd<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span>innovative companies in the country, do you really believe th<span class="gmail_default" style="">at</span> is the way to beat China?</b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>And you never answered my question, who do you believe has a history of telling fewer lies, the scientist Dario Amodei<span class="gmail_default" style=""> who is the head of Anthropic, or the most famous twice divorced TV game show host in America? </span></b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><span class="gmail_default" style="">John K Clark</span><br></b></font><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div></div></div>
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