Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza discuss the recent standoff between Anthropic and the Defense Department over military use of AI technology, and the moral questions faced by those creating weapons of war.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [2:45] Anthropic’s reasoning
• [14:57] Authoritarian threats
• [29:12] Ayn Rand’s “To Young Scientists”
• [38:10] Moral sanction
Resources:
• Ayn Rand, “To Young Scientists” [courses.aynrand.org/works/to-young-scientists/]
• Ayn Rand Lexicon entry on the sanction of the Victim [courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/sanction-of-the-victim/]
• Ben Bayer, “Effective Altruism’s Faith-Based Sacrifice for the Future”
This episode was recorded on March 6, 2026. [newideal.aynrand.org/effective-altruisms-faith-based-sacrifice-for-the-future/]
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Mike Mazza discuss the recent standoff between Anthropic and the Defense Department over military use of AI technology, and the moral questions faced by those creating weapons of war.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [2:45] Anthropic’s reasoning
• [14:57] Authoritarian threats
• [29:12] Ayn Rand’s “To Young Scientists”
• [38:10] Moral sanction
Resources:
• Ayn Rand, “To Young Scientists” [courses.aynrand.org/works/to-young-scientists/]
• Ayn Rand Lexicon entry on the sanction of the Victim [courses.aynrand.org/lexicon/sanction-of-the-victim/]
• Ben Bayer, “Effective Altruism’s Faith-Based Sacrifice for the Future”
This episode was recorded on March 6, 2026. [newideal.aynrand.org/effective-altruisms-faith-based-sacrifice-for-the-future/]
Subscribe to ARI’s YouTube channel to make sure you never miss a video:
youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AynRandInstitute
Download or stream free courses on Ayn Rand’s works and ideas with the Ayn Rand Institute app:
– App Store itunes.apple.com/us/app/ayn-rand-university/id1452535178?mt=8
– Google Play play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aynrandu
ARI is funded by donor contributions. You can support our work by becoming an ARI Member or making a one-time contribution: ari.aynrand.org/donate
Explore these ideas further! ARI's online publication, New Ideal, explores pressing cultural issues from the perspective of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, Objectivism: newideal.aynrand.org
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