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Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance

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617 points jbegley | 2 comments | 04 Feb 25 20:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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ein0p ◴[05 Feb 25 08:08 UTC] No.42945476[source]▶
Google in 2000: "Do no evil". Google in 2025: "Genocide is profitable". I wonder what Google users outside the US think about this in particular? Our "national security" could be their "national danger" after a single presidential term. Do they want to keep giving Google their money?
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1. hedora ◴[05 Feb 25 19:43 UTC] No.42954002[source]▶
I don’t know anyone in the US that supports genocide.

The Trump voters I’ve heard seem to not understand what is currently happening with the administration. Similarly, the pro-Israel folks seem to not realize how bad the ethnic cleansing campaign is.

Anyway, the US is significantly less safe than it was last month.

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2. ein0p ◴[06 Feb 25 04:44 UTC] No.42959169[source]▶
You don't know many Christians then. Some of the more religious folks I know are 100% in favor of sending Palestinian kids through woodchippers. As are both wings of the US government. And people who aren't in favor of that can always be brought to heel if they are in position of any authority, as illustrated by Musk's recent forced conversion to the cause, and anti-1st amendment bipartisan legislation currently sailing through Congress. "Rules based world order" is not what people think it is.