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 Gatsky on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:04AM (#16764971)

All the trends are longer term, the theory about lessening violence first emerged in the 1700s[1]. WW2 doesn't change Pinker's conclusions, by his own admission. So, it is reasonable to conclude this book could have been written in 1930, and would be no less correct than it is now.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_peace_theory

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by MikkoFinell on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:52AM (#16765418)

> WW2 doesn't change Pinker's conclusions, by his own admission.

His conclusion from the data is that wars between great powers become less frequent but more deadly. Please read the book you're critiquing.

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Re:Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. P... by Gatsky on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:01AM (#16770790)

I agree with the book. I'm critiquing your application of the concept.

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