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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by xp84 on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @02:01PM (#43028539)
That's not the point, GP is pointing out how we only control (at least theoretically, lol) our own government, and basic game theory can tell you that countries that adopt pacifist ideas and refuse to pursue anything that might be dangerous will always at some point be easily defeated by others who are less moral.

The point is that it's complicated, it's not a black and white sound bite like the people who are "against nuclear weapons" pretend it is.

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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by bobthepanda on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @04:57PM (#43030180)
And people don't have to feel comfortable with complicated things. The GP posted "would you prefer" as a disingenous point to invalidate the commenter's parents' feelings.

I eat meat. I know some vegans feel uncomfortable with that. But personally I feel secure in my own convictions that I don't need to run around insinuating vegans are less than or whatever.

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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by stackedinserter on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:51PM (#43031515)
Your survival doesn't depend on the amount of meat you consume.
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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by bobthepanda on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @08:04PM (#43031595)
Your survival also doesn’t depend on somebody’s discomfort or comfort with nuclear weapons, either. What’s the point of thought policing?
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Re:US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit by stackedinserter on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @09:59PM (#43032204)
With enough anti-military, anti-nuclear, anti-whatever-looks-scary-to-them people we'll stand with our pants down, just like EU or Canada these days. There was a lot of activism during the Cold war of that kind, lucky for US there weren't enough "discomforted" people back then.
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