Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project

Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by 2_listerine_pls on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @12:23PM (#16756223)

You are saying that military R&D is important no matter what they are involved in. This incredibly stupid reasoning can be used to justify the development viruses that can erradicate the human species.

> DoD/Pentagon involvement in artificial intelligence research shouldn't be viewed as a necessarily bad thing.

Let's be spesific: they are using current AI algorithms to track everyone's movements from airborn imagery. It will be used to kill people in drone strikes and for population control.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by walshemj on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:39PM (#16757034)

As opposed to using dumb bombs which are far more likely to have collateral damage.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by brandonmenc on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @12:56PM (#16756586)

I'll take this over massive world wars.

I'd rather have neither, but I'm realistic.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by GordonS on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:13PM (#16756786)

I hardly think that this kind of technology will be useful in stopping a world war.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by walshemj on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:41PM (#16757042)

A guided tallboy on Hitler's bunker would have

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