That's the yardstick people use to measure Sweden, yes. Similarly applicable here.

Sweden was under threat of invasion and still helped the allies, what's Microsoft's excuse?

Apples and Oranges comparison here. This isn't a world war we are talking about.

Isn’t it though? When AI is used against the people and fake media is used to cover up war crimes, what’s not to stop there? When your feeds have been polluted with outside foreign influencers that you explode from within, what’s not to stop there? It’s war alright. Just not the kind of war Spielberg thinks would make a great film.

Have you seen pictures of Gaza? Scenes like this haven't been seen since WW2, maybe the Korean War or the Cambodia campaign.

Haven't been seen since WW2 or the 1970s? Are you just ignoring Sudan right now, or a million other armed conflicts?

I’m aware there’s a genocide in sudan but i’m not aware of entire cities being leveled in this fashion. there have been other conflicts where more people have died, but rarely is there a conflict where the entire world government apparatus appears to stand against 2 million people mostly women and children in contradiction to the democratic will of almost the entire world

it takes a lot of money and firepower to do what they’ve done to gaza. it is an affectation of enormous wealth and callousness against a nearly defenseless population

i will say though that sri lankans said that some of these tactics were pioneered against the tamil tigers in more recent history

They like money.

"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That's not my department, says Werner Von Braun."

Are you seriously comparing "general purpose compute" to ballistic missiles?

If the 'general purpose compute' is used by rocket, then yes?

So you would be fine with sharing criminal liability if you, for example, bought a car from someone and later that person committed a crime?

I wouldn't, that's why there are rules everyone adheres to.

By the same token, if Microsoft provides "general purpose compute" to a state that does something harmful, Microsoft should not be expected to share moral culpability for that harm. That's why I objected in the first place. It is not as if they provided something exclusively or primarily used for causing harm.

MS said they wouldn't, that's where the conflict arises. The fund doesn't want to be involved with any shady stuff and is trying their "humanity clause".

A general purpose technology that happens to be used for harm does not make the technology harmful, only its wielder.

Yes, that's the point. Munitions are not general purpose, so equating compute to munitions is unjustly ascribing moral weight to the compute.

Rockets are general purpose though. They can bring up civilian satellites or fall down as weapons.