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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by DontGiveTwoFlux on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:01PM (#16759032)
The doomsday clock is a human institution of scientists, though hardly scientific. They see it as their duty to raise alarms. But ask yourself- are we really closer to civilization ending Doomsday than at the height of the Cold War?
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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by thesagan on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @08:11PM (#16760582)
I don't see why not. Seems nuclear weapons and war are still a thing. So much so they moved the hands of the Doomsday clock again to these heights.
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