| ▲ | TehCorwiz 6 hours ago |
| This conflict has zero to do with AI in the grand scheme of things. We had a whole supreme court case about refusing service to customers. Remember that? Private companies can choose which customers to service. And let's be clear about what's being sold. It's not a product that changes hands, it's a service provided continually. And as anyone except the enlisted military troops can, said vendor can choose which efforts to help with. If what the government wants is so onerous as to find no vendors to offer it then that says something doesn't it? |
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| ▲ | engineer_22 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Plenty of precedent for seizing private property for national defence. The list is long and growing. |
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| ▲ | TehCorwiz 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Citation please. | | |
| ▲ | engineer_22 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Selective Service System is evidence enough of the government's power to oblige participation in defence.... But if you're interested... https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti... | | |
| ▲ | TehCorwiz 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Selective service activation, I.E. a draft. Requires an act of Congress. When did they enact a bill to draft Anthropic? | | |
| ▲ | engineer_22 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950 Great article, it has a list of times it's been used to compel cooperation. | | |
| ▲ | TehCorwiz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ok. So what's the emergency prompting them to take control of Anthropic? Further, why would they also accuse them of being a national security threat in the same breath? Seems like if they're a threat they're also not someone you want working on national security. Especially under duress. That feels like a bad combination. |
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| ▲ | toraway 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That link is specifically discussing actions the government takes in war. Like, a real, ongoing, war where it's accepted extraordinary actions may be necessary that conflict with peacetime rights to private property (it was written during World War 2). |
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| ▲ | GenerWork 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Which case is that? |
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