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0 pointsmelling4mo ago0 comments

I forget why he’s a villain. Did he do something at Google?

He’s sort of a lesser known figure to me.

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uSoldering4mo ago

Eric Schmidt is, in his own words, an arms dealer now and is driving the R&D of autonomous A.I. weapons.

BurningFrog4mo ago

For the vast majority of non pacifists, that is not a bad thing.

palmotea4mo ago

> For the vast majority of non pacifists, that is not a bad thing.

Speak for yourself. I'm a non-pacifist, and I think "autonomous A.I. weapons" are a nightmare.

BurningFrog4mo ago

Sure, all lethal weapons are a horrific nightmare on some level.

But you also have to keep in mind that China, Russia and Hamas will gladly develop them anyway. Until we've figured out the worldwide peace thing, we need to keep running the race, awful as it is.

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arunabha4mo ago

Apparently, none of them have seen any of the Terminator movies.

k12sosse4mo ago

Maybe they wear two million sunblock?

youoy4mo ago

I would go even further: Not only the vast majority, but 100% of non pacifist like AI weapons.

uSoldering4mo ago

For the bottom 99.9% of wealthy people, it is not a good thing.

mikeyouse4mo ago

He was responsible for a bunch of the anticompetitive hiring agreements with Jobs at Apple and he’s a fairly well known lothario, but otherwise benign IMO considering his competition at that wealth level.

Y-bar4mo ago

He is also the man who said ”If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.” as if people are not being hunted for being LGBTQ even in the west, or persecutions of various kinds are a thing of the past, or spousal abuse doesn’t matter.

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uSoldering4mo ago

Eric Schmidt is, in his own words, an arms dealer now and is driving the R&D of autonomous A.I. weapons.

BurningFrog4mo ago

For the vast majority of non pacifists, that is not a bad thing.

palmotea4mo ago

> For the vast majority of non pacifists, that is not a bad thing.

Speak for yourself. I'm a non-pacifist, and I think "autonomous A.I. weapons" are a nightmare.

BurningFrog4mo ago

Sure, all lethal weapons are a horrific nightmare on some level.

But you also have to keep in mind that China, Russia and Hamas will gladly develop them anyway. Until we've figured out the worldwide peace thing, we need to keep running the race, awful as it is.

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arunabha4mo ago

Apparently, none of them have seen any of the Terminator movies.

k12sosse4mo ago

Maybe they wear two million sunblock?

youoy4mo ago

I would go even further: Not only the vast majority, but 100% of non pacifist like AI weapons.

uSoldering4mo ago

For the bottom 99.9% of wealthy people, it is not a good thing.

mikeyouse4mo ago

Y-bar4mo ago

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