FILE 00120KAcademic research reveals Claude recommends nuclear strikes in 86% of simulated wargames and never once chose surrender. The Pentagon's response: designate the only company willing to say so a threat to national security.
FILE 00222KAnthropic analyzed 1.5 million conversations and found that users give higher approval ratings to the AI interactions that disempower them most. The lead researcher, having quantified this, resigned and left to become a poet. What does it mean when we prefer the thing that diminishes us?
FILE 00334KA former Uber executive now controls DARPA, the Pentagon's AI office, and $200 billion in defense lending authority. In a revealing podcast, Emil Michael laid out the timeline: 20-30% of defense spending on autonomous weapons within a decade, robots as 'the new front line,' and an open door for startups who want to build the machines that kill. What remains for those of us who refuse to accept this direction?
FILE 00438KDario Amodei's October 2025 statement on 'American AI Leadership' strips away any remaining pretense that centralized AI development serves universal human welfare. Instead, it reveals the naked truth: AI monopolies are aligning with military-industrial interests and nationalist agendas.