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Re:Fuck Off Google by scythmic_waves on Thursday December 30, 2021 @11:53PM (#29745042)
Whenever "Don't be evil" comes up, I can't help but think of this (nearly decade old) tweet [1]:

> Google motto 2004: Don't be evil

> Google motto 2010: Evil is tricky to define

> Google motto 2013: We make military robots

[1]: https://twitter.com/BrentButt/status/412700627152961536

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Re:Fuck Off Google by oh_sigh on Friday December 31, 2021 @12:15AM (#29745182)
I wonder how many people those military robots have killed, maimed, enslaved, removed the rights from, etc, in the past 9 years?

Implying military robots are inherently evil is like implying that punching someone in the nose is inherently evil. Context is important. If I punch a random person in the nose, maybe I am evil. If I punch a person in the nose who randomly punched me in the nose, I wouldn't consider myself evil.

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Re:Fuck Off Google by int_19h on Friday December 31, 2021 @12:28AM (#29745255)
A military robot designed for US - the country that has more troops in war zones around the world than anybody else (indeed, than everybody else combined!) - is practically guaranteed to be used for something inherently evil.
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Re:Fuck Off Google by lostmsu on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:58AM (#29746819)
Then so is designing kitchen knives for humans, who have more homicides, than any other species.
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