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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by tartuffe78 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:03PM (#39021068)
"They are not weapons, they are enhanced tools for war."
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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by racketcon2089 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:33PM (#39021390)
"All we did was fulfill a contract for a government agency" is the enterprise tech Nuremberg defense.
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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by kridsdale1 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:11AM (#39024297)
IBM 2024.
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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by FirmwareBurner on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @07:47PM (#39021527)
"Tools for special military operations". Nobody declares war anymore.
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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by thaumasiotes on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @08:44PM (#39022044)
> "They are not weapons, they are enhanced tools for war."

It's really common for people to make arguments that would become completely incoherent if translated into another language. This is a fun example of one of those. The Chinese word for "weapons" is 武器, literally "war tools".

Compare "It would be illegal for soldiers to do that, but these are police, which is fine."

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