I think you missed some news. There is officially a Department of War again.
wizardbeard
Also, mass surveillance. Not surveillance itself. And fully autonomous weapons.
Don't get distracted by the birdy folks, Anthropic is not your friend, or some great protector of the American people. They were already deeply embedded in the US Government as their product was the only one certified for use with classified documents.
They weren't standing up for us, they were splitting hairs on exactly how far they'd openly go.
I've also seen statements that Anthropic's stance against fully autonomous weapons was simply due to results not yet being as consistent as they were comfortable putting their name on, not due to any opposition towards use in/with weaponry.
OpenAI also claims to have the same limitations. So someone's lying.
You're spot-on. As some additional context, Anthropic is already working tightly with the US government. Until the recent announcement regarding Grok, Anthropic was the only approved AI for US government work, as it is/was the only one certified for safely woeking with classified data.
I would look at mod collections on nexus or wabbajack. Beyond that, there are mods that allow you to have a different start to the game than "so you're finally awake", which delay the main quest until you effectively start it yourself.