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mathinpens

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    Comment #17388222

    er actually there are a lot of laws regarding the transfer of technology from the united states to foreign entities [which I do not know if there are statues that are implicated in…

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    Comment #17360924

    er saying lawmakers shouldn't interfere in corporate matters is like saying lawmakers shouldn't interfere in laws

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    Comment #17351786

    Very possible. I sorta think this might just be part of being a phd student in computer science.

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    Comment #17343299

    reading books is one of the essential pleasures in life also so it is always good advice

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    Comment #17343283

    This all great advice :) I also find taking long walks with zero technology and just thinking about things -makes me feel much better -relaxed -helps recovers the joy of thinking d…

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    Comment #17342771

    Thanks for posting this - I've been very anxious today about some stuff I havent implemented and this is making me feel better

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    Comment #17339644

    people have died and will continue to die because of excessive emissions and this program of evasion conducted by audi and volvo was willful and malicious.

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    Comment #17320049

    you do realize the ohio replacement class is literally in development right now. > The ICBMs probably don't even work (no public evidence they do), they're in well known static sil…

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    Comment #17320040

    did you actually read or watch the whole testimony (of either testimony) or you basing this on ~5 minutes of youtube click bait footage of older senators being confused... I watche…

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    Comment #17315734

    I really enjoyed reading this essay-thank you for writing it.

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    Comment #17240382

    signal UX is great!

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    Comment #17240025

    more like superfusing, missile defense systems, superior early warning radar...

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    Comment #17239955

    handful = 14 boats on deterrence patrols. there are literally 1000 warheads on active american boomers with superfusing..... If literally one submarine survives this amazing russia…

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    Comment #17239910

    you are misinformed.

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    Comment #17230191

    the only jargon in this is API?

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    Comment #17230163

    writing this was a mistake. this is clearly a deceptive pr spin fluff that is entirely non-responsive to the specific concerns raised in the new york times article.

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    Comment #17205854

    lol. obviously if I am on the receiving end I want bad targeting!

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    Comment #17205849

    meh we already are kinda in that world. as for skynet...throws hands in the air

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    Comment #17199279

    Well currently the unmanned drones do not automatically kill anything. Each drone has `pilot' who runs that drone and I believe only that drone. that pilot is in arizona somewhere …

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    Comment #17199134

    > The weapon gives pilots the ability to destroy moving targets on the battlefield. Its seeker detects, classifies, tracks and destroys targets, even in adverse weather conditions …

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    Comment #17196973

    I am sorta mixed on this. Is it better to be killed by a person or a computer? does it make a difference? what if the computer system kills less `innocent' people than a dumb human…

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    Comment #17196948

    I am actually not sure. before posting this comment I spent like 20 minutes reading the defense literature/media to get a more precise understanding of the technical details. The c…

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    Comment #17193934

    That sounds like a bundle of fun. I bet you really enjoyed undergrad!

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    Comment #17193918

    I think it'd be very fun to work for the state department or at a think tank as a subject matter expert-say in internal Brazilian politics or something wonky. A lot of fun governme…

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    Comment #17193875

    my only comment is that the opportunity to stop weaponized AI is long long long gone. the barriers to entry for modern machine learning methods are just so low and the military ben…