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Re:Leaked Emails Show Google Expected Military Drone AI Work... by boomboomsubban on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:55AM (#17202698)
Now, I'll start by saying i haven't read the book. The description says all leaders are supremely focused on maintaining power. Given that, how can you possibly argue that the US killing anyone it considers a "bad person" without jurisprudence is a moral act?
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Re:Leaked Emails Show Google Expected Military Drone AI Work... by wallace_f on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:23AM (#17202797)
That highlights the cognitive dissonance in his post:

>There are a lot of bad people in the world, and quite a fraction of countries are ruled by them. Thugs respond to power.

The US is still a good country, with a good government, but it's ridiculous to assume it immune to the same threats of tyranny as every other nation.

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