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Do be evil: Google now OK with AI for weapons and surveillance — for ‘freedom, equality, and human rights’ (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“The real evil would be to let a MORE evil company design, build, and profit from this”

-argument I’ve heard from many googlers on why google specifically should be the one to create the orphan crushing machine

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

yeah, it's a common refrain. has a very simple rebuttal too