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tmnvdb ◴[] No.42940589[source]
Good, this idea that all weapons are evil is an insane luxury belief.
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ckrapu ◴[] No.42940656[source]
There is a wide range of moral and practical opinions between the statement “all weapons are evil” and “global corporations ought not to develop autonomous weapons”.
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vasco ◴[] No.42940795[source]
Palantir exists, this would just be competition. It's not like Google is the only company capable of creating autonomous weapons so if they abstain the world is saved. They just want a piece of the pie. The problem is the pie comes with dead babies, but if you forget that part it's alright.
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astrange ◴[] No.42940917{3}[source]
Palantir doesn't make autonomous weapons, they sell SQL queries and have an evil-sounding name because it recruits juniors who think the name is cool.

Might be thinking of Anduril.

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cookiengineer ◴[] No.42941550{4}[source]
Palantir literally developed Lavender that has been used for autonomous targeting in the bombardments of the Gaza stripe.

Look it up.

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