Re:Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI
by Larrikin on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:43AM
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Martin Shkreli wasn't targeted by the government for prosecution. Shkreli got the max sentence for a crime he committed because he was out spoken about how he was not remorseful his crimes, nor did he show any capacity to even understand the seriousness of his actions. He also encouraged others to commit crimes for him during his sentencing. Judicial discretion isn't always perfect, but enforcing the max on an obvious danger to society was the correct course of action in his case.
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I'm not arguing this. My point is simply that they wouldn't have gone after him if he didn't surrounded himself in controversy. What he did happens all the time, but unlike many others his outspokenness exposed the corruption and greed which occurs daily in our economic system.
Re:Preparing for Malicious Uses of AI
by Larrikin on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:02PM
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I think that really only becomes an issue in countries where there are laws passed that contradict each other and to get anything meaningful done you have to break laws and/or give bribes. At any time someone can come after you because you had to break some laws in the course of everyday business whether you wanted to or not.