THE PARADOX of religious authority is that, to believers, there is nothing more important, yet spiritual leaders typically wield(行使，运用（权力）) little practical power. Indeed, it is often the refusal to sully themselves with(被…玷污/弄脏自己) the quandaries and compromises of everyday life that confer(授予，赋予)s moral authority on holy men. That, in turn, makes it both easy for worldly leaders to subdue(制服，压制) them in the short run (they have no weapons) and difficult in the longer term (their persecution(迫害) only increases their moral standing).
宗教权威的悖论在于，对信徒而言，没有什么比它更重要，但精神领袖通常几乎不掌握实际权力。实际上，正是因为他们拒绝被日常生活的困境和妥协所玷污，才赋予了圣人们道德权威。这反过来使得世俗领袖在短期内容易压制他们（因为他们没有武器），而长期来看则困难重重（迫害只会提高他们的道德地位）。
This dynamic, although familiar to medieval prelate(高级神职人员，主教)s and princes, may not be as well understood by Dario Amodei, the supreme pontiff of Anthropic, one of America’s leading artificial-intelligence firms, and Donald Trump, America’s imperious president. In recent days, for the second time in four months, underling(下属，走卒)s of Mr Trump have interfered peremptorily(专横地，不容置疑地) in the running of Anthropic. They ordered it to prevent any non-Americans, including those on its own staff, from accessing its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, on grounds of national security.
这种动态虽然为中世纪的主教和君主所熟悉，但可能不被Anthropic（美国领先的人工智能公司之一）的最高领袖达里奥·阿莫迪以及美国专横的总统唐纳德·特朗普所充分理解。近日，四个月内第二次，特朗普的下属们专横地干预了Anthropic的运营。他们以国家安全为由，命令Anthropic阻止任何非美国人（包括其自身员工）访问其最新模型Fable 5和Mythos 5。
Whereas the Trump administration sees AI as a potent(强有力的，有效的) tool to strengthen America’s position in the world, Anthropic sees it as a force too powerful to be conferred without safeguards on impetuous(冲动的，鲁莽的) laypeople(外行人，普通信徒). The result is a titanic clash(巨大的冲突) between church and state—one which not only threatens to interfere with Anthropic’s blockbuster IPO, but which will also determine who has ultimate control over the world’s mightiest technology.
特朗普政府将AI视为加强美国世界地位的强力工具，而Anthropic则认为它是一种过于强大的力量，不能在缺乏保障措施的情况下赋予轻率的门外汉。结果是一场教会与国家之间的巨大冲突——这场冲突不仅可能干扰Anthropic的轰动的首次公开募股，还将决定谁拥有对世界上最强大技术的最终控制权。
Superpowered simony
超级权力买卖
Turbulent priest
不安分的神父
Confusion at Canossa
卡诺莎的混乱
