Mythos. It's all about Mythos.

Once they realized that DoW had locked themselves out of Mythos because of their beef with Anthropic, Trump invited Anthropic to the White House, and in that meeting they convinced Trump that Mythos is a big deal, and that China is distilling their models.

Excited to have a powerful tool, now they are saying it should be used by Government agencies first, and therefore, regulation.

Key takeaway: when defense types hear something is DANGEROUS, they want more of it. That's the outcome of discussing x-risk with the federal government. "Existential risk? That sounds GREAT! How can we get more of that, make it more dangerous?"

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pixelready 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, it’s the same reason that Alex Karp goes on those unhinged apocalyptic rants about Palantir. It’s not for public consumption, it’s for defense insiders. The old logic prevails: a world destroying system is bound to exist, so WE must control it. Spare no expense.

	▲	busterarm 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> The old logic prevails: a world destroying system is bound to exist, so WE must control it. Spare no expense. Except it is both true AND it works. Keeping your foot down on who can produce weapons-grade fissile materials is working out pretty damn well so far. And the Russo-Ukranian War is proving any idiot with a few rubles can cobble together incredibly efficient combat drones. We need to be probing the limits of that yesterday. It can both feel bad and be the right thing to do because the alternatives are worse.
	▲	jcgrillo 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's hilarious, terrifying, and weirdly reassuring that these insiders are dumb enough to fall for this shit.

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austin-cheney 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> when defense types hear something is DANGEROUS, they want more of it

I have been doing defense work for almost 30 years and in my experience that is the opposite of true.

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goosejuice 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I would imagine that heightened fear/threat results in increased budgets. Is that not the case?

	▲	austin-cheney 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Budgets are driven by congress from input by industry, senior military leaders, and current operations. Perceived risk is a completely unrelated political reality for uninformed voters.

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irishcoffee 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The way this forum views the DoD and contracting makes me chuckle on a weekly basis.

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malcolmgreaves 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

*DoD, don’t use the regime’s illegitimate rebrand.

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dylan604 11 hours ago | parent [-]

DoW is much more accurate for how it's being used. Are you one to continue using Twitter instead of calling it X?

	▲	sagarm 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In the current zeitgeist, people aren't allowed to rename themselves. Why would entities? Though personally I prefer X/tter.