Anthropic chose to do business with the "killing people" department of the government. Part of being a good CEO involves knowing what you're getting into when you make a decision like that.

Not quite. They were running around shouting “look how much of a danger we might be!”, so more akin to them actively saying “we want it, come and give it to us” than to just looking a particular way.

Though they aren't the only company to play that game, so there is probably more to it than just that. OpenAI's president giving millions to MAGA Inc and them not getting the same treatment might not be complete coincidences.

I don't particularly agree with DoD instance on this matter but look, they are not a regular customer, they do not pay regular customer prices and you get a lot in return for providing your services to them (think Boeing, Lockheed, Chrysler). The tradeoff is that now, you are commited to their vision of national security. Such are the Faustian bargains of the military-industrial complex.

Important to note, OpenAI vs Anthropic are both assholes in different orthogonals.

In times like these, i think its important to track whats happening the way we track entropy.

That is: theres far >> more ways to be an asshole than well behaved.

That doesnt mean we can equate assholes, but the question is which states of entropy are annealable and which are not.

I posit Altman is not. Amodei is a open question.

Yup

It is more like when a guy walks to the dirty bar, stands in the middle and yells "hahaha I will beat you up all look I have a new baseball bat" and then local drunkard leader stands up and hit him in the face cause he does not like him anyway.

Intentionally framing yourself as the local dangerous guy about to beat others is not like wearing cloth.

Actually, it's the opposite. Anthropic were trying to strongarm the DoD into getting a seat at the table.