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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

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617 points jbegley | 3 comments | 04 Feb 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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atlasunshrugged ◴[04 Feb 25 21:12 UTC] No.42938788[source]▶
I'm guessing this will be a somewhat controversial view here, but I think this is net good. The world is more turbulent than at any other time in my life, there is war in Europe, and the U.S. needs every advantage it can get to improve its defense. Companies like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, can and should be working with the government on defense projects -- I would much rather the Department of Defense have access to the best tools from the private sector than depend on some legacy prime contractor that doesn't have any real tech capabilities.
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croes ◴[04 Feb 25 21:19 UTC] No.42938887[source]▶
> the U.S. needs every advantage it can get to improve its defense

That’s one of the reasons for the turbulent times. Let’s face the truth, most of the defense can easily be used for offense and given the state of online security every progress gets into the wrong hands.

Maybe it’s time to pause to make it more difficult for those wrong hands.

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stickfigure ◴[04 Feb 25 21:27 UTC] No.42939006[source]▶
Just how do you propose to remove those tools from Putin's, Xi's, Khomeini's, or Kim Jong-Un's hands?
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1. croes ◴[04 Feb 25 21:48 UTC] No.42939335{3}[source]▶
For removal it’s too late, but maybe slowing down is still possible.

There is no advancement that won‘t end up in the wrong hands and most likely it will be a leak from an US company.

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2. Sabinus ◴[05 Feb 25 03:39 UTC] No.42943411[source]▶
So the US needs to develop AI faster than the dictators to keep ahead of them, but not so fast they leak advancements that accelerate the dictators AI?
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3. croes ◴[05 Feb 25 09:02 UTC] No.42945905[source]▶
There is no keep being ahead. If one side progresses the other side gets access to it too. Too many people involved and too little security to keep it secret.