Re:South Korea bans new DeepSeek AI downloads
by bee_rider on Monday February 17, 2025 @11:18AM
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Is this really hypocrisy?
I think our intelligence agencies have a self-consistent worldview, they are on one side, the other guys are an another side, and they are trying to beat the other side, so they try to gather intelligence while not letting the other side gather intelligence.
Like, in a war, one would never say “you keep shooting at me, but when I try to shoot back, you take cover—hypocrisy!” It’s just the nature of competition to try and make advantage for yourself.
(I happen to disagree with this worldview, not because it is hypocritical but because I think it is still bad to violate your own citizens privacy even if you have a good excuse).
I think our intelligence agencies have a self-consistent worldview, they are on one side, the other guys are an another side, and they are trying to beat the other side, so they try to gather intelligence while not letting the other side gather intelligence.
Like, in a war, one would never say “you keep shooting at me, but when I try to shoot back, you take cover—hypocrisy!” It’s just the nature of competition to try and make advantage for yourself.
(I happen to disagree with this worldview, not because it is hypocritical but because I think it is still bad to violate your own citizens privacy even if you have a good excuse).