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rg111 · on July 7, 2022

One should keep worrying about the people that have their hands on these weapons.

It's the humans that people should keep worrying about seriously.

AI is far, far, far away from having a will.

kache_ · on July 7, 2022

I'd rather have the humans that live in my backyard with the weapons, than people with a less vested interest in my safety.

arun_m · on July 7, 2022

While testing nuclear weapons is not in best interests of world, the 5 countries did it before 1968 got an advantage due to NPT.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferatio...

black_puppydog · on July 7, 2022

the internet needs a non-sarcasm marker to reduce ambiguity. should be manatory to use on any comment. 0_o

kache_ · on July 7, 2022

I'm not being sarcastic

black_puppydog · on July 8, 2022

That's a bit scary for large parts of the world then.

kwatsonafter · on July 7, 2022

I think it would do well for America's national security if non-experts didn't give their opinions publicly and this was enforced through our legal system.

kache_ · on July 7, 2022

Here's a few 'non-experts' who just started building and selling to the government: https://www.anduril.com/

Seems like they're doing quite well, don't you think?

No matter how upset it makes you, you can't stop us hackers from building technology

anigbrowl · on July 7, 2022

Evergreen observation: https://www.theonion.com/study-38-percent-of-people-not-actu...

sokoloff · on July 7, 2022

I don’t fully trust America; nevertheless having America build these systems is the right thing for Americans as I trust other countries less to have Americans’ best interests in mind.