This is it. The recklessness of this war is that the administration has adopted the fantastical ideations of the loudest tech industry players which are based on an assumption that other people have no interiority at all. Blending fact with fiction further shifts real worlds into a zone of unreality
A very slippery slope. This expansion is part of the AI logic, as I explain in my text on military AI governance: "once a system is sufficiently ubiquitous in any context, the question shifts from:'should I use this system', to 'how can I use the system more widely'" blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
This article perfectly and maybe unknowingly captures a major fear of offloading tasks to algorithms. The human in the loop is meaningless if the volume/velocity of data + reduced # of humans ensure those humans don't have the capacity to intervene and review the targets.
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Who do we need to speak to to get these prediction markets bets on geopolitical events barred? Not only do they risk insider trading and jeopardises confidential information but they clearly incentivise possible manipulation of events. Stick to betting on the weather or football results.
I'm at the #UN meeting on autonomous weapons systems with partners from @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social - states have the opportunity to draw legal red lines around emerging weapons systems.
Will they?
New @hrw.org dispatch with @abacci.bsky.social
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...
One cannot help wonder if this is all that US military AI roll out in action www.ft.com/content/91ca...
Promises of AI may well give an illusion of viable intervention at speed & scale, which will "increase suspicion, enmity and will strain relations, not mitigate them. And this is precisely where we are right now, with expanding and escalating tensions across the globe" blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...
A follow up piece to the @OpinioJuris reflections on the "Anthropic and the Pentagon" spectacle. In this one, we reflect on the fact that the contours of this very US-centric dispute seem to set the bar for global governance of responsible AI problematically low. opiniojuris.org/2026/03/02/i...
The Anthropic-U.S. DoD public dispute continues. We have unpacked the latest updates & the safety, legal & ethical concerns in our @opiniojuris.bsky.social article
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As we’ve all been saying for many years 👇.
Even more grotesque
This is depressing, but very well done.
I mean ….
I don’t understand how these kinds of Polymarket bets are legal.
All the while we seem to confuse form for content. Fact is that Anthropic‘s terms are already set much, much lower than what many of us would consider acceptable for an LLM in something so sensitive as security and war.
One of the things I really resent in this Anthropic / Pentagon agenda is how it seems to hold attention captive with that whole 'deadline' (granted we are all complicit here), and how it just fills the airwaves with pure speculation. It is pure spectacle, capitalising on suspense.
Together with some stellar colleagues I reflect on the implications of this very public dispute between Anthropic and the DoD about ethical red lines. Read it here on @opiniojuris.bsky.social ttps://opiniojuris.org/2026/02/26/the-pentagon-anthropic-clash-over-military-ai-guardrails/
How it's going ... the-decoder.com/stargates-50...
How might I safeguard against my emails being processed by a recipient's AI agent?
Want to learn more about Günther Anders & Chris Mueller's wonderful translation of Anders' book 'The Obsolescence of the Human'? Join Chris, @morbuscriticus.bsky.social & me for a webinar hosted by The Philosopher on March 2nd. Details & registration below www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/are-w...
Want to learn more about Günther Anders & Chris Mueller's wonderful translation of Anders' book 'The Obsolescence of the Human'? Join Chris, @morbuscriticus.bsky.social & me for a webinar hosted by The Philosopher on March 2nd. Details & registration below www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/are-w...
This is precisely the « lock in by practice » we have been warning against for the past years. www.ft.com/content/5207...
This is why thinking that all the lobbying for legislative change to accelerate and streamline procurement processes (see for example the Procurement Act 2023) is for the benefit of all SMEs, let along the public, is, I am sorry, very naive.
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It troubles me deeply when what Rubio is saying is perceived by leaders as a message of cooperation with Europe rather than a warning: 'might is right - and you better get on board'. His face and tone might be softer than Vance's, but his message is a chilling embrace of disruption. Don't be fooled
Of course if it’s not Anthropic it’ll be just another AI company who will gladly acquiesce, but it’ll be interesting to see how firm Anthropic’s red lines will be now. The bar is already quite low www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Great to see you! Always happy to chat about how Anders' (and his method) is relevant for our present condition.
Many thoughts were shared yesterday about Günther Anders and his book »The Obsolescence of the Human« (which is finally available in English now thanks to Chris Müller & @morbuscriticus.bsky.social) — in discussion with @chrhentschel.bsky.social, @elkeschwarz.bsky.social & Léna Silberzahn 📚🤝
