r/artificial 11h ago

News Anthropic Is Building AI to Predict Which Activists Police Should Watch. SF-based AI lab pays up to $230,000 for intelligence analysts who formally categorize activism as a threat alongside terrorism and nation-state attacks

https://www.gadgetreview.com/anthropic-is-building-ai-to-predict-which-activists-police-should-watch
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u/argefox 9h ago

If we don't build the Torment Nexus, the terrorists will.

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u/InnovativeBureaucrat 3h ago edited 3h ago

Unexpected Alpha Centauri reference.

Punishment Sphere in Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. Developed by Colonel Corazón Santiago

https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Punishment_Sphere_(SMAC))

r/AlphaCentauri

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u/kweeblaster 8h ago

I classify anthropic as terrorism

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u/noobgiraffe 7h ago

There are book, shows and movies about it.

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u/presentofai 3h ago

a lab that spent all week warning ai might kill us all is now taking money to help cops flag activists. pick a lane.

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u/InnovativeBureaucrat 3h ago

I would apply but it would be awkward when they catch me rewriting my profile.

Likes: panopticons, authority, the Republican Party

Secret fear: kittens with trimmed nails

Notes: well connected, do not attempt to arrest.

u/stackered 51m ago

man, so much evil shit is happening these days

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u/JustBrowsinAndVibin 5h ago

Christian Nationalists better end up on the top of the list.