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Dan Freiberg's avatar

I'm OK with "Department of War." "Defense Department" and "Defense Contractor" have always made me cringe. It's no more about defense than Trump is about leadership.

Lauren Kerr's avatar

I am epically furious.

Susan Bercu's avatar

You unScrabble the insanity.

Carol Kino's avatar

I know this is off topic but re: your footnote how bad does it have to get for the vile Anthropic to come off as the underdog. (They are ripping off scientific books and papers, too, I'm claiming in the class action suit on behalf of my dead father.)

Nancy Friedman's avatar

They ripped off a book I contributed to. Apparently the ripping-off wasn’t extensive enough, or my appeal wasn’t persuasive enough, for me to earn a few bucks in restitution. I never heard back after filing my claim.

Carol Kino's avatar

The class action won’t be settled till later this year. Make sure you file the claim as well as the original notice although I think they’ll try to find you. (Not all books and papers in the Atlantic database are in the suit -i’m in an authors’ group that has discussed this EXTENSIVELY - yet few seem aware they’ve also ripped off scientists, including the scientists that made AI possible of course.)

Caroline Smrstik's avatar

As long as it's not being called a "special operation." That would be a clue that Donald and Vlad have been on the phone too often again.

W. Michael Johnson's avatar

Nice one. Depressing, of course. I hate those fuckers. But nice.