Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition

Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by p0rkbelly on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @12:58AM (#18173438)

Moral concerns can go both ways as well.

We don't know what the Pentagon will use the raw compute/storage resources for. I'm sure they are not telling MS/AWS/GOOG either.

I do know that the US Military invests heavily to make weapons better at killing, but also better at killing the right targets. Let's assume the due to US politics war is unavoidable. But, because of investments in technology (smarter drones, AI, guidance systems) in systems powered by the JEDI project we are now able to reduce civilian casualties by 90% in a military conflict. Hell even 10% is a huge win. Is this now a morally just cause?

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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by BurningFrog on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:12AM (#18173480)

When your assumption is also your conclusion, you have what's called a "circular argument".

It's obviously true, but says nothing about anything outside itself.

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Re:Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10B Cloud Competition by p0rkbelly on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:17AM (#18173500)

Maybe I was being too Socratic? But, philosophy/logic was never my strong suit. Perhaps that's why I'm an engineer flirting with mediocrity...

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