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 bb88 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:27AM (#16762339)

In 2018, the following statements are true:

1. If you're on an active battlefield, both sides have already agreed that killing people is morally justified.

2. If the enemy is shooting at you, he is not interested in the ethics of killing someone on a battlefield.

3. If ethics helped wars end, there would be a US Army 27th Ethics Brigade to parachute in, but there's not and probably never will be.

If on a battlefield, given a choice between holding scrupulous ideals and living, most people would choose living.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by bitL on Thursday April 05, 2018 @12:46PM (#16766531)

What's the point of life if you are forced to be evil, unquestionably and irrevocably? Why so many vets have PTSD and end up doing crazy things?

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by bb88 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:09PM (#16770177)

You have it backwatds.

If someone wasn't willing to kill someone else on your country's behalf, most likely you wouldn't have the freedom to ask that question.

Edited to add:

The metaphysical question you posted might be better phrased to ask:

What's the point of life if someone else is willing to extinguish it?

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