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Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by zahlman on Sunday November 30, 2025 @10:57AM (#46097677)
Are you seriously comparing "general purpose compute" to ballistic missiles?
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by jakupovic on Sunday November 30, 2025 @12:00PM (#46098323)
If the 'general purpose compute' is used by rocket, then yes?
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by zahlman on Sunday November 30, 2025 @03:07PM (#46099928)
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?
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by jakupovic on Sunday November 30, 2025 @05:11PM (#46100948)
I wouldn't, that's why there are rules everyone adheres to.
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by zahlman on Sunday November 30, 2025 @09:49PM (#46102976)
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.
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by jakupovic on Monday December 01, 2025 @05:52AM (#46105903)
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".
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by reactordev on Sunday November 30, 2025 @01:41PM (#46099170)
A general purpose technology that happens to be used for harm does not make the technology harmful, only its wielder.
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by zahlman on Sunday November 30, 2025 @03:06PM (#46099915)
Yes, that's the point. Munitions are not general purpose, so equating compute to munitions is unjustly ascribing moral weight to the compute.
Re:Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Mic... by saubeidl on Sunday November 30, 2025 @03:09PM (#46099946)
Rockets are general purpose though. They can bring up civilian satellites or fall down as weapons.