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 Anon1096 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:44PM (#16757086)

The US was always on the allied side, through funding and supplies. The whole reason the Lusitania was sunk was because the US was sending arms to support the Allied war effort, even if it wasn't officially declared. Even if it wasn't until Pearl Harbor that the US joined the war officially, there is little doubt what side Roosevelt and much of the American people wanted to win.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by scarmig on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:06PM (#16758494)

...the Lusitania was two decades before Hitler even came to power.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by Anon1096 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:21PM (#16759258)

You're right. I messed up WWI vs WWII for a second there. The rest of the comment stands though that the US provides major aid to the Allied powers.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by omegaworks on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:32PM (#16757545)

> The US was always on the allied side, through funding and supplies.

Businesses in the US were serving both sides of the conflict.

http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by Nimitz14 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:57PM (#16758411)

Holy cow do I feel bad for the people that grow up with education system of your country. Look up Lend Lease.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by omegaworks on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:59PM (#16759620)

Lend-lease was enacted March 11, 1941. IBM was cataloguing religious and other minorities for the Nazis in the 30s. [1]

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust#cite_ref...

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