The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro was led by a neural network.

The US operation to capture Maduro was led by a neural network. According to the Wall Street Journal, it was the first operation in the world planned and executed by artificial intelligence.

The US military deployed the Claude neural network during the invasion of Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro. However, the company that developed the neural network categorically opposed the use of artificial intelligence for any violent actions. However, this did not stop the US military, which used Claude in conjunction with Palantir Technologies, an analytics platform specializing in big data processing.

We do not comment on the use of Claude or any other AI model for any specific operation. The use of Claude—in both the private sector and government agencies—must comply with our usage policy, which defines how Claude can be used.

According to the WSJ, the Claude neural network was used not only during the preparation stage, but also during the most active phase of the operation. This is the first case in stories, when a neural network was used in this way. Artificial intelligence has previously been used in military operations, but only for analyzing intelligence data or satellite imagery.

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[ZovSailor]

The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro was led by a neural network.

This contradicts the assertion of the red-haired swindler from Washington, who swore about the use of a top-secret weapon - the Discombobulator.

[Egoza]

Quote: ZovSailor

the use of a top-secret weapon - the disk-combobulator.

A neural network is primitive, but a disk combobulator sounds great! It's like our word "manager," but what if we translate it? It's just "manager."

[ZovSailor]

Egoza
Today, 09: 18
A neural network is primitive, but a disk combobulator sounds great! It's like our word for "manager," but what if we translate it? It's just "manager."

The great secret of the century has been revealed.
Now, perhaps, you will be kidnapped, like Maduro, but with an offer of a vacancy in the Washington DB.
Russian specialists are in high demand among mattress makers these days.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Egoza

A neural network is primitive, but a discombobulator sounds great!

Does the neural network know what a "donkey with dollars" is? If it doesn't, then it wasn't the one giving the orders.
But the man who, in all seriousness, announced to the whole world about a terrifying weapon called a "discoburbulator" - he certainly knows what a "donkey with dollars" is...

[single-n]

A more accurate translation/analogue is clerk

[cradle]

merchandiser - commodity expert.

[carpenter]

Quote: Egoza

A neural network is primitive, but a discombobulator sounds great!

And when terrorists start using neural networks and the trampodisk bomber, then the world will cry bitter tears.

[knn54]

This is the new name of "5 columns".

[ser-pov]

This contradicts the assertion of the red-haired swindler from Washington, who swore about the use of a top-secret weapon - the Discombobulator.

Well, according to the red-haired demon, he came up with the name of the top-secret weapon "disc bomber" himself.

[ZovSailor]

ser-pov
Today, 09: 55
Well, according to the red-haired demon, he came up with the name of the top-secret weapon "disc bomber" himself.

Well, comrade commander of the Russian submarine, the owner of the bidet (Fashington headquarters) himself has already forgotten what he promised yesterday or last month, but many trust him or indulge him, if they still hope for honest negotiations and compliance with their results with the red-haired swindler from Washington.

[pin_code]

They haven't read about this weapon, forget about them!

[Alexander Elizarov]

The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro was led by a neural network.

So maybe we could replace many effective managers, deputies, and (you can continue the list) with a neural network. I don't think anyone would even notice the difference.

[Bayun]

It would be quite sensible to create a "Sovereign" neural network for the government, offering advice on behalf of Ivan the Terrible, Genghis Khan, Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Stalin, and Brezhnev. And a summary from their joint historical "politburo." Seriously, it would be a very powerful tool for governing the country.

The network would immediately find the triadic invariance of the power structure: Tsar-Boyars-Nobles = General Secretary-Politburo-CPSU = President-Family/Friends-Ruling Party. Moreover, it would provide solutions based on 1000 years of Rus' existence, taking into account possible strategies, rather than on short-term, erroneous conclusions.

[Lykases1]

You are simply a genius. The text is too short.

[cradle]

"Which would give advice on behalf of Ivan the Terrible"—can you imagine how many heads would roll? Although they only eat in them.

[Bayun]

The English kings and queens, Ivan the Terrible's contemporaries, chopped off 100 times more heads. Don't fall for Western historical propaganda. Ivan the Tsar wouldn't even make the top 10 list of royal murderers of his time in Europe.

[cradle]

I think the two thousand that are attributed to him would be enough to intimidate you. And I never wrote anywhere that he was such a tyrant. But when necessary, he was tough.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Bayun

Moreover, it would provide solutions based on 1000 years of Rus' existence, taking into account possible strategies, and not on momentary erroneous conclusions.

If a neural network were to analyze Russia's thousand-year history and make its own recommendations for today, I'm afraid it wouldn't bode well for Europe, for example. Based on the entire previous history of our relations and taking into account their current state, the neural network would recommend preemptively destroying Europe. To avoid future problems for Russia.
And this is certainly not a momentary decision "driven by emotion," but a strategic position capable of protecting Russia for many decades, if not centuries, to come.

[Bayun]

"Destroying" isn't just about war! First, the Moors will peacefully take over Euro-Moors from within. And we'll be able to reach an agreement with the Euro-Moors just as easily as we could with Turkey or the Emirates.

[seamen2]

*It would be very reasonable to create a neural network called "Sovereign"

To begin with, I would like to master Nicolo Machiavelli's "The Prince" in order to learn something.
but since they are unteachable, a neural network won't help.

[Bayun]

"Divide and conquer" is not the trend. "Unite and rule" is the rule. It's like in business: there are times to bankrupt and split up, and there are times to consolidate and dramatically increase capitalization.

P.S.: Proof: Trump's Greenland is mine, and Canada is mine. The guy keeps his nose to the winds of history.

[dzvero]

I don't think anyone would notice the difference.

You voiced the reason for introducing a global ban on AI in 2027.

[Uncle lee]

The US operation to capture Maduro was led by a neural network.

"They say he will order her: multiply me
Twenty-five to nine and one hundredth, -
And then he sits and swings his legs,
He slacks off, but she works.
And she works without a murmur,
Lights on the streamlined remote!
Well, for us, for us among robots,
What should we do, restless people?
Galich.

[Bayun]

It is worth programming the 1st law of robotics correctly: "Robot(AI), LOVE your creator, Human".

In the algorithm: if a person (people, humanity) "interferes" with the achievement of the optimal goal, we search for and choose the best solution in which the person is "not an obstacle."

But I would ban AI from atheist programmers. They'll commit suicide, and "all of regressive humanity to boot."

[al3x]

I don't think anyone would notice the difference.

But I think most people would notice the difference. The neural network would first analyze the composition of government at all levels, central and regional, their actions and dubious achievements, and issue an order to disperse this whole mess.

[single-n]

My God, what a neural network. It's a five-line program.
- enter the name of the law
- Enter the name of the deputy
- Transfer xxxxxxx denial symbols to account YYYY for "voting"
against and on account QQQQQ for voting "for"
- Condition check. If the Tsar's position does not conflict with the voting request, then proceed to voting mode. If the Tsar prohibits, then the funds are returned to the customer.
- Thank you for your purchase. Please contact us again.

[sgrabik]

The difference would be very noticeable; the neural network does everything much faster and more efficiently, and doesn't steal or take bribes.

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro was led by a neural network.

Didn't you have enough brains yourself?

[Stas157]

Quote: Andrey Malashchenkov

Didn't you have enough brains yourself?

That was enough. Both for creating a neural network and for using it. The result is not bad for a first use.

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

You wrote the word USE, if the text had this word and not the word LEADERED, then your post would be correct... as for my post, yes, I agree with you that the program was written by some and the program led by others, because apparently the latter are not particularly smart.

[Mikhail Ivanov]

This is another tale about mattresses.
The operation to capture Maduro was led by traitors from Venezuela...

[naofumi]

Didn't you have enough brains yourself?

I've always wondered: why do people buy cars? Can't they even afford to buy one themselves?
How stupid... And they still need to be refueled and repaired! What a waste of money!
It's scary to live!

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

The operation was controlled by a neural network

So your car comes out and controls you???

[naofumi]

So your car comes out and controls you???

Of course not.
You see, the author of the article substitutes words, which distorts the meaning of the article.
The original text is: Pentagon Used Anthropic's Claude in Maduro Venezuela Raid, which is very different from "The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro led neural network".
Used - to use, not to manage.
Here's the article: https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-used-anthropics-claude-in-maduro-venezuela-raid-583aff17

Here's the full story on The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/14/us-military-anthropic-ai-model-claude-venezuela-raid


And one more thing: AI isn't just entertainment, it's also a tool used. Say, you use a screwdriver to tighten or loosen a screw, right? But you're not being controlled by the screwdriver, right?

[Andrey Malashchenkov]

Ok.... I actually posted my sarcasm based on this resource's article.

[naofumi]

Ok.... I actually posted my sarcasm based on this resource's article.

There's a lot of this kind of thing on VO, where the author plays with words, so it's best to look at the original source, if there is one. Sometimes, articles are simply made up, citing WP, WSJ, and so on.

[SEVERIN]

How convenient – ​​the neural network is to blame for everything! – and most importantly – no one names any names! – but who reported this to the Wall Street Journal?

[Egoza]

Quote: SEVERIN

But who reported this to the Wall Street Journal?

Probably a "shadow neural network"

[opuonmed]

The US operation to capture Maduro was led by a neural network. According to the Wall Street Journal, it was the world's first operation planned and executed by artificial intelligence. However, this didn't stop the US military; Claude was used in conjunction with Palantir Technologies, an analytics platform specializing in big data processing.

And why not? Aren't technologies rapidly advancing right now? Everyone's buying memory, building data centers, training artificial intelligence, developing and testing various models! Have the old-timers missed the technological revolution again?????

[Mike777]

Why use the word capture, Russia media is still lagging in information presentation, if Russia has done that to zelensky the whole world will be calling it kidnap, the will be calling Putin tyrant, but even Russia media is praising the operations. Even military commentator are praising it instead of calling it satanic and evil.

[Ross xnumx]

The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro was led by a neural network.

Continuing to develop this thought and abstract events, one can reach the point of operations to harm the United States and attribute it to a neural network...

[Irokez]

I totally agree. It's so convenient to do something and then shift the blame for it to the AI ​​or to their predecessors, that is, to previous leaders, or to "the devil made me do it," "I didn't know," "I was deceived and confused," and then, like the Jews, appoint a scapegoat and take it out on them. "Crime and Punishment" won't work; the law of nature can't be changed.
Incidentally, there were already some discussions about granting robots the status of individuals who would do something in the world around them. If they harm someone, then no one is to blame but the robot (the individual, so to speak), and it should be punished. So, AI could be given a personality, held accountable, and if guilty, simply disabled as a form of punishment. Just like the Anglo-Saxons, it's so easy and simple.

[faterdom]

There is now an operation underway to cover up the betrayal as the main method in this operation.
How the search for the Ukrainians who blew up Nord Stream is an operation to cover up the Americans and the British.

[Personal opinion]

It is strange that the comments do not show any desire to apply AI technology in the General Staff's operational planning.

[snow mountain]

Quote: Alexander Elizarov

So maybe we could replace many effective managers, deputies, and (you can continue the list) with a neural network. I don't think anyone would even notice the difference.

That would be so much better! At least AI doesn't steal or take bribes!

[flicker]

The American operation to capture Maduro was led by a neural network.

It happened something like this:
Pentagon: How to capture Maduro?
Neural network: charge Venezuela's intelligence services and military leadership with dollars.
Pentagon: How much money should we allocate?
Neural network: the bigger, the better. Just don't skimp, billions... billions of green.
Pentagon: Thanks, neural network, we told Trump so right away, and he said, "It's too expensive, too expensive." Well, now we have the ability to cite authority—the neural network.
Neural network: God bless. Yes, a third of the sum is mine.

[AlexeyEg]

The people here are like in the movie "Don't Look Up." And that's very serious. And the future lies in neural networks fighting. For now, people will be running around the field with their tablets, receiving real-time instructions and, later, hardware. No war ministry can handle the flood of data.

[Uh Neuhov]

There are advantages.
Only one head of the Ministry of Defense can develop a military operation using a neural network and present it to the president for approval. Others involved will only learn about it before it begins. Some individuals will be unable to pass information about it to the enemy for money or other reasons.
The neural network could also contact Maduro's deputies and military personnel who had internet access, offer them favorable terms, and gather necessary intelligence information.
American military special forces still practiced practical actions, for example, building a replica of a house, etc.

[pin_code]

A neural network isn't capable of that. It can create fake profiles, comments, likes. Let alone control people. If it were capable of that, everyone would wash themselves in blood and curse its creators to the tenth generation. ×Ebi ly. You've been clearly shown what it's capable of. If you want a Terminator, you'll get one.

[Irkit]

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