I was thinking that Anthropic would just be providing the models/setup support to run their models in aws gov cloud. They do not have any real insight into what is being asked. Maybe a few engineers have the specific clearances to access and debug the running systems, but that would one or two people who are embedded to debug inference issues - not something that would be analyzed by others in the company.

The whole 'do not use our models for mass surveillance' is at the end of the day an honor system. Companies have no real way of enforcing that clause, or determining that it has been violated. That being said, at least historically, one has been able to trust the government to abide by commercial agreements. The people who work in cleared positions are generally selected for honesty, and ability, willingness to follow rules.

I might have missed it in their writeup.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave

But it's not like people are going to throw out all the Nvidia hardware they bought.

And there are ai applications that I can think of that would be viable at 100x cheaper price.

Businesses that rely on open source software will either have to accept liability for defects, or contract out to a third party who accepts liability.

That seems like it might encourage open-source business models that encourage selling support, even just for the liability protection.

Or am I being too hopeful?

At the end of the day, there is a total speed limit of Mb/s/Hz.

For example, in cities, with a high population density, you could theoretically have a single cell tower providing data for everyone.

However, the speed would be slow, as for a given bandwidth six the data is shared between everyone in the city.

Alternatively, one could have 100 towers, and then the data would only have to be shared by those within range. But for this to work, one of the design constraints is that a smaller range is beneficial, so that multiple towers do not interfere with each other.

That being said, alot of the actions of the current admin are designed to push the boarders of executive power. They are trying to move fast and break things and do an end run around congressional oversight, before the courts can catch up.

The example of this is USaid, which was probably not legal in the method they went about. But no one will be putting that egg back together.

Contrast this to when Biden did his student loan forgiveness, it was telegraphed for months, and a court immediately blocked it pending review. And most importantly it was a single action.

All that being said, both are bad, my overall point is that we as Americans deserve better, and 'but they did it first' is not a valid excuse.

My hope is that we finally start reducing the power of the executive branch. The past 100 years of congress abdicating it's responsibility has been too much.

Well we'll be nice and just fire them, won't even ask for salary to be returned.

The fact that they have not is telling.

If enough people do it, maybe MAGA 401ks going down will make people care.

Never know, if enough people divest , people might give a shit.

But I'm not holding my breath.