[Secretary of War] Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday to deliver a warning — give the military unfettered access to its Claude AI model by Friday evening or else have the government label it a “risk” to the supply chain. There is a serious ethical question about whether one company, elected by nobody, with its own normative agenda as well as substantial global investors and customers, should be dictating the conditions of the most essential government role: protecting the lives of Americans. So I voted for Goldwater and, sure enough, we bombed North Vietnam.” What the joke illustrates is that even if the winner of an election takes one position, he is free to go against that position, as did Lyndon Johnson.
Author: March 3, 2026
Published at: 2026-03-03 00:00:00
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