You are correct. Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) has an annual R&D spend exceeding US$40 billion. Five times more than the $7 billion (in today's money) quoted as the Bell Labs R&D budget.

Question: "Open the Kill Switch Pod Bay doors Hal !"

How dare they? Waaah!

This makes them our enemies. If you play with them, we won't play with you.

In the Biblical garden of Eden, the trees and vegetation was watered by mist that arose from the ground at night. Maybe the roads of the future will incorporate misters

Lots of chips?

Yes, me too. I had a '386 (with a '387, but I don't think that was used much) and lots of memory, timing, and other chips

Prohibition was repealed.

:) Haha... For a second I thought you may be objecting to belittling a brave ex-soldier as a bureaucrat.

Hegseth seems smart enough to , but this entirely emotive, quick to anger, way of working is very strange.

Thanks - it's interesting there is no talk about courts at all.

As an outcome, I think DoD/DoW/the Feds may build their own, sovereign AI

I don't disagree. Personally I think the Federal government got too powerful after the civil war & we really don't even have the same type of government that the founders envisioned.

I'd be somewhat in favor of an Article 5 convention so long as any changes had to be subject to a vote like the President is elected. The Electoral Collage system is absolutely brilliant & gives the individual vote maximum power because a handful of voters can change the outcome of an entire election. If people really want something they need to get out and vote. If you stay home you can't complain if the other side doesn't.

Anyway, good luck to us all.

Well you're not wrong. Most people forget the 9th & 10th amendments and what they actually say.

9. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
        - Basically saying, "just because we listed a few specific Rights here, that doesn't mean those are the only ones The People have."

10. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
        - The Federal Government is not permitted to just assume new powers because we didn't specifically restrict it here. If it's not specifically listed in this document the government cannot do it.

How far afield of these rules has the Federal strayed? How much longer will The People tolerate it?

Was the Department of War blind that they didn't read the terms of service before signing the Anthropic contract?

If they did read the ToS and now Anthropic is reneging on the terms, then the same courts you speak of can be used to compel Anthropic to deliver what the contract agreed to.

This entire thing looks like bureaucrats like Hegseth are having a hissy fit that someone had the gall to say "no" to NEW demands. Where are his war powers now? Will he go draft Dario?

This isn't China.

Wait, what?

The Constitution is a restriction on the powers of the Federal Government, not on Anthropic. The Federal Government does have the ability to "regulate commerce" under what is called the Commerce Clause in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.

I'm not sure what particular law(s) c/would apply here - if any - however I'm certain various courts might have to render a judgement.

Hey, we are an aspirational race!

Ah, don't underestimate those pesky humans who live among us. Most tombs in the Valley of the Kings were looted within 100 years of their sealing.

As long as the energy demands are not excessive, this alone makes it worth it...

History indicates no human construct can reliably safeguard nuke waste for 100K years. But 300 years? That's do-able!