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minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agosome tools are actually strictly bad to use, like nuclear bombs, landmines, or chemical weapons
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re just describing weapons made from tools.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWeapons are tools. They are tools engineered for death.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd some tools are bad to use. People generally don’t like death.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYes, those tools are called ‘weapons.’ Are you implying AI is a weapon?
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m implying it’s undesirable.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agocertainly some AI is weaponry
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoYes, we should outlaw weaponization of AI. I would support that. We don’t outlaw knives. But we punish their use as a weapon.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNuclear bombs have one theoretically beneficial use: deflecting planet-killer asteroids.
some tools are actually strictly bad to use, like nuclear bombs, landmines, or chemical weapons
You’re just describing weapons made from tools.
Weapons are tools. They are tools engineered for death.
Yeah, that’s my point.
And some tools are bad to use. People generally don’t like death.
Yes, those tools are called ‘weapons.’ Are you implying AI is a weapon?
I’m implying it’s undesirable.
certainly some AI is weaponry
Yes, we should outlaw weaponization of AI. I would support that.
We don’t outlaw knives. But we punish their use as a weapon.
Nuclear bombs have one theoretically beneficial use: deflecting planet-killer asteroids.