[ExI] Silicon Valley Rushes Toward AI Warfare

[William Flynn Wallace]

The trap: trying to cut the Pentagon's budget is interpreted as being weak
on defense and who wants to be labeled with that?  Impossible situation.
bill w

On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 10:45 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Silicon Valley Rushes Toward Automated Warfare That Deeply Incorporates AI.
> We can’t let those who will profit most from its unbridled application
> make the rules for how AI should be used.
>
> By William D. Hartung, TomDispatch, Published June 25, 2024
>
> <
> https://truthout.org/articles/silicon-valley-rushes-toward-automated-warfare-that-deeply-incorporates-ai/
> >
> Quotes:
> The reasons for this headlong rush include a misplaced faith in
> “miracle weapons,” but above all else, this surge of support for
> emerging military technologies is driven by the ultimate rationale of
> the military-industrial complex: vast sums of money to be made.
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> AI is coming, and its impact on our lives, whether in war or peace, is
> likely to stagger the imagination. In that context, one thing is
> clear: we can’t afford to let the people and companies that will
> profit most from its unbridled application have the upper hand in
> making the rules for how it should be used.
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>
> BillK
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