The Commerce Department is considering national security restrictions on AI

Re:The Commerce Department is considering national security ... by vinceguidry on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @12:24PM (#18807939)

> Thank goodness weapons grade fissile material is hard to make.

The material itself is easy to make. It's the delivery systems that are hard to engineer. Missile technology is literally rocket science.

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Re:The Commerce Department is considering national security ... by 3pt14159 on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:17PM (#18808515)

I agree that delivery systems are no piece of cake, but if I'm worried about nukes I'm more worried about terrorism than I am about nation states. From that lens, fissile material is indeed hard to make. The Iranians were pulling their hair out when seemingly fine centrifuges mistimed due to malware. If it were easy then they could have tried a different approach.

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Re:The Commerce Department is considering national security ... by hahabrew on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @12:49PM (#18808219)

a cessna with a sawed off howitzer barrel is easy to engineer, the big problem, really is moving fissile materials around while satellites are looking for it.

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