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> This amount of courting the current administration is pretty scary imo. That’s ironic – I interpreted that paragraph with the opposite slant: positively. If

by tomComb 3mo ago

> This amount of courting the current administration is pretty scary imo. That’s ironic – I interpreted that paragraph with the opposite slant: positively. If that’s what the government mandates then these companies, in the end, have little choice, so was at least relieved to see them publicly pushing back.

logicchains 3mo ago
>these companies, in the end, have little choice They absolutely do have a choice, Anthropic and OpenAI could fight it in court. Iran showed Trump is a coward, he wouldn't risk tanking the only industry still keeping the stock market growing.
- derwiki 3mo ago
  It’s all speculation but I think he would have no qualms about tanking the only industry keeping the stock market growing. But given Kushner’s OAI investments, Trump stands to benefit personally from not tanking the industry.
  - WinstonSmith84 3mo ago
    That's hardly a speculation that he cares very much about the stock market, more than any of his predecessors. It's also why he takes a L instead of going into an adventure in Tehran. Last but not least, "it's the economy, ..." is on everyone's mind, including his
- inquirerGeneral 3mo ago
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- ls612 3mo ago
  “Wouldn’t it be a shame if we export controlled all of your models and revoked the visas and green cards of all of your non US researchers. You should really reconsider challenging our orders in court. Also remember you have 16% public support and if the president endorsed it a national data center moratorium would pass with bipartisan majorities.”
  - iAMkenough 3mo ago
    Do it. Make the Republicans show how much they value the “free market” after all. Trump’s approval rating isn’t much higher.
    - ls612 3mo ago
      “President Trump’s strong and decisive action on endorsing the passage of this legislation prevented millions of jobs being lost and addresses the inflation ordinary Americans are facing from datacenters cornering the market for hardware. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
  - rahidz 3mo ago
    "Cool, cool, hey, what percentage of economic growth is directly attributable to the growth of our companies again? And thanks for revoking our researchers' permits, enjoy them helping out China! Also, oops, looks like our model weights got leaked on 4chan. How unfortunate."
    - ls612 3mo ago
      Pulling that last bit is how you actually go to prison. The natsec spooks don't play around.
- tomComb 3mo ago
  > Anthropic and OpenAI could fight it in court. They did exactly that with supply chain risk designation, and look what it got them: the administration simply found another more effective way to punish them.
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by tomComb 3mo ago

logicchains 3mo ago

>these companies, in the end, have little choice They absolutely do have a choice, Anthropic and OpenAI could fight it in court. Iran showed Trump is a coward, he wouldn't risk tanking the only industry still keeping the stock market growing.

derwiki 3mo ago
It’s all speculation but I think he would have no qualms about tanking the only industry keeping the stock market growing. But given Kushner’s OAI investments, Trump stands to benefit personally from not tanking the industry.
- WinstonSmith84 3mo ago
  That's hardly a speculation that he cares very much about the stock market, more than any of his predecessors. It's also why he takes a L instead of going into an adventure in Tehran. Last but not least, "it's the economy, ..." is on everyone's mind, including his
inquirerGeneral 3mo ago
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ls612 3mo ago
“Wouldn’t it be a shame if we export controlled all of your models and revoked the visas and green cards of all of your non US researchers. You should really reconsider challenging our orders in court. Also remember you have 16% public support and if the president endorsed it a national data center moratorium would pass with bipartisan majorities.”
- iAMkenough 3mo ago
  Do it. Make the Republicans show how much they value the “free market” after all. Trump’s approval rating isn’t much higher.
  - ls612 3mo ago
    “President Trump’s strong and decisive action on endorsing the passage of this legislation prevented millions of jobs being lost and addresses the inflation ordinary Americans are facing from datacenters cornering the market for hardware. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
- rahidz 3mo ago
  "Cool, cool, hey, what percentage of economic growth is directly attributable to the growth of our companies again? And thanks for revoking our researchers' permits, enjoy them helping out China! Also, oops, looks like our model weights got leaked on 4chan. How unfortunate."
  - ls612 3mo ago
    Pulling that last bit is how you actually go to prison. The natsec spooks don't play around.
tomComb 3mo ago
> Anthropic and OpenAI could fight it in court. They did exactly that with supply chain risk designation, and look what it got them: the administration simply found another more effective way to punish them.

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