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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by sseth on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:04PM (#16757296)
Nukes are an instrument of last resort, but you don't want to get to the point where that is your only option. And it is possible that technical advances in missile defence may blunt this advantage.

Being able to prevent friendly (and even neutral) countries from being bullied or going over to the dark side is also important because ultimately the best defence against rising autocratic forces is to ensure a broad alliance of friendly, democratic countries who are secure against interference by unfriendly regimes.

If a country like the USA can have its elections manipulated, how vulnerable might smaller democracies be?

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by marnett on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:56PM (#16757768)
> If a country like the USA can have its elections manipulated, how vulnerable might smaller democracies be?

The CIA could most certainly help you answer that quite quantitatively.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by pavs on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:58AM (#16764442)
> If a country like the USA can have its elections manipulated, how vulnerable might smaller democracies be?

This has to be a joke, right? The USA has been responsible for undermining democracy all over the world more than any other country.

This is a just a partial list that we are aware of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

It is also implicated (though not directly proved), that USA was responsible for Arab spring.

https://www.quora.com/Was-the-USA-behind-the-Arab-Spring-upr...

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