[itopaloglu83]

Just replace the word Anthropic with defense contractor or weapons manufacturer, they’re all export controlled at this point, do you see a difference?

I really hope the controls are relaxed, but at some arbitrary levels it’s expected that all countries will apply export controls.

[bluegatty]

The difference is Anthropic is not a defence contractor.

Any number of materials and technology can be used for nefarious purposes.

'Security' is real concern, I'm not denying that, it's not unreasonable for gov. to be paying attention or to take some steps - but it can obviously bee too heavy-handed as well.

[itopaloglu83]

> The difference is Anthropic is not a defence contractor.

I'm not saying Anthropic is a defense contractor, I'm just saying once something is export controlled, the whole dynamic changes and there's no difference between them and a defense contractor.