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This conflict has zero to do with AI in the grand scheme of things. We had a whole supreme court case about refusing service to customers. Remember that? Private companies can choose which customers to service. And let's be clear about what's being sold. It's not a product that changes hands, it's a service provided continually. And as anyone except the enlisted military troops can, said vendor can choose which efforts to help with. If what the government wants is so onerous as to find no vendors to offer it then that says something doesn't it?

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Plenty of precedent for seizing private property for national defence. The list is long and growing.

Citation please.

Selective Service System is evidence enough of the government's power to oblige participation in defence.... But if you're interested...

https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...

Selective service activation, I.E. a draft. Requires an act of Congress. When did they enact a bill to draft Anthropic?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950

Great article, it has a list of times it's been used to compel cooperation.

Ok. So what's the emergency prompting them to take control of Anthropic?

Further, why would they also accuse them of being a national security threat in the same breath? Seems like if they're a threat they're also not someone you want working on national security. Especially under duress. That feels like a bad combination.

Sorry buddy, I let this cool off because it wasn't going in a productive direction.

I have learned that other people are a mirror, if I cannot understand them, it's because there is something hidden inside me that I need to look for.

With respect to the original topic:

In my opinion, the Secretary of War and Anthropic are playing a power game. Whether we agree with their tactics or not, doesn't matter. Trying to understand why and how it's played, and the outcome, could be useful for predicting future power games.

That link is specifically discussing actions the government takes in war. Like, a real, ongoing, war where it's accepted extraordinary actions may be necessary that conflict with peacetime rights to private property (it was written during World War 2).

Which case is that?

Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-111

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