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spidericetoday at 2:34 AM1 replyview on HN

That seems exactly what it should be. The United States military should be able to do what the law allows. If we don't think they should be allowed to do something, we should pass laws. Not rely on the goodness of Sam Altman.


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Nevermarktoday at 6:51 AM

So don’t stand up for ethics and safety where there isn’t a law for it? Backwards day?

Nobody is prosecuting the DoD with non-laws here. But one company is using their legal right to refuse to facilitate great harms.

> Not rely on the goodness of Sam Altman.

(Who said anything about that? Where did that come from?)

Nobody wants to rely on Altman!

For anything. But it would be better if he would stand up for safety, instead of undermining it.

Your logic is backwards.

If we don’t want to rely entirely on a centralized government alone, increasingly interested in giving its leaders unfettered power, with all three branches increasingly willing to bend our laws and give itself impunity, then a widespread civilian culture of upholding safety by many and all actors is a necessity.

The need for the latter is always a necessity. But the risks of power consolidation, with the help of AI, are rising.