U.S. military

also referred to as: the us military

5 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 21, 2021 by Max Chafkin · across every show →

Everything said about U.S. military, oldest first

Sep 21, 2021
Insight
Chafkin: Silicon Valley originated as defense contracting, not counterculture
“But it's kind of a weird way of looking at an industry that literally started as an extension of the U.S. Military. And like, you know, there's nothing, there is, there are countercultural things about Silicon Valley. But to see the tech industry as just this …”
Max Chafkin Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 16:38 Unraveling The Mystery Of Peter Thiel — With Max Chafkin
Apr 4, 2023 positive
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2028
Luckey: US military will not remove humans from AI kill decisions
“We have a strong, actually, system for accountability, where it's always a person, as they say, on the loop. A person is always making that decision to kill. I don't think that we're going to get away from that anytime soon.”
Palmer Luckey Apr 4, 2023 ▶ 47:43 Palmer Luckey - Future of Virtual Reality, AI War, Autonomous Killing Machines, Militarized Policing
Mar 6, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: Claude outputs undergo layers of human review before battlefield use
“And so, I have no doubt that any information that is, that's coming out of CLOD in this context is going through layers of review by humans, you know, prior to that influencing anything happening close to the battlefield.”
Michael Horowitz Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 15:48 Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz
Mar 6, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: US military has used autonomous CIWS weapons since 1980
“The US military has been using that system since, like, 1980, as have, you know, like, dozens of militaries around the world.”
Michael Horowitz Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 22:09 Pentagon Insider: What's Next For Anthropic and The Department of War — With Michael Horowitz
Apr 15, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Michael: Operational speed prevented U.S. casualties in Venezuela operation
“Look what happened in Venezuela. The speed at which that execution of that operation happened meant that we didn't have any casualties on our side.”
Emil Michael Apr 15, 2026 ▶ 13:15 The Pentagon's AI Plan + Behind the Anthropic Fight — With Under Secretary of War Emil Michael
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