Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon

Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by daviross on Thursday April 19, 2018 @07:29PM (#16881063)

_then SV should absolutely work with the Pentagon so that the US doesn't fall behind competitively._

Is this necessarily/automatic enough of a Good Thing as to be assumed as such by fiat?

This seems largely equivalent to "From a pure game theory perspective, everybody who could should work to advance nuclear missile design".

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Shouldn’t Work with the Pentagon by s3r3nity on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:07PM (#16881205)

When the expected outcomes are the probabilities of, say, China or Russia knocking out our power grid - yes I think so.

Rather than looking at which leads to a better "positive" outcome (as some have done elsewhere in the thread re: DARPA), I would also consider which leads to a better "floor" (Max-Min type of strategy, where you find the best of the worst-case scenarios.)

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