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“I mean, we sort of everyone knew this was gonna be a a question as AI got more powerful.”

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Defense Production Act of 1950, sorry, that's what it is, they're saying, hey, We might just take over, this technology, and we'll tell you what you're gonna do with it. Didi, what are your thoughts about the two granular issues here? And then just what is the responsibility of technologists building technology this powerful?

This is a really tough, tough philosophical question of our times. You know? I mean, we sort of everyone knew this was gonna be a a question as AI got more powerful. It's a question when it comes to anthropic and its user bases user base too. But the user base can't

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