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[–] ivn@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They only mention Claude, where is the source that "some custom AI system made by Anthropic", not a LLM, "was in the kill chain"?

I mean, I get that you want to tie Anthropic to this, I don't like them either but we should stay factual and avoid filling the gaps with some "probably". It's also counterproductive as Maven and Palantir are huge menaces and this shift the blame away from them.

[–] subnormal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You're the one saying it's not the Claude LLM doing the targeting. Your source is that Guardian article you linked.

I don't care if it's an LLM or some other thing made by Anthropic. Anthropic is involved in this. All the sources in this conversation so far indicate so. Or are you trying to argue that they are just supplying Palantir and Project Maven for wholly innocent purposes?

Pointing out Anthropic's involvement in the killing of 120 students does not in any way shift blame away from Palantir and Maven. Of course there are information gaps regarding how exactly the AI was involved. No remotely competent military would make all these information public.

[–] ivn@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 1 hour ago

I'm just saying that, as far as we know, the Anthropic contract is about Claude and the targeting is not made by a LLM.