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Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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If you are a tech guy and working with drones or any AI company that has even a bare relationship to some security firm, you have a few options: 1 - Immediately share all information and intel with the public so as to spare any judicial accountability. 2 - Quit. 3 - Prepare to go to jail for the rest of your life. This is profoundly evil.

No, let's not. I really don't want to live in a world where the bad guys have killer AI drones and we don't.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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If you are a tech guy and working with drones or any AI company that has even a bare relationship to some security firm, you have a few options: 1 - Immediately share all information and intel with the public so as to spare any judicial accountability. 2 - Quit. 3 - Prepare to go to jail for the rest of your life. This is profoundly evil.

No, let's not. I really don't want to live in a world where the bad guys have killer AI drones and we don't.

You should take a hard look at who really is the bad guy.

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Palantir is the seeing stone used by Sauron to do surveillance in LOTR

I've always wondered if they just didn't get the reference or if they are just self-aware that they are evil. In the books its not just that sauron uses it for evil, he also can use it to turn anyone else that uses it evil.

To me it feels like an inside joke. Like there's one guy out there who pointed out that they're Sauron and they're fucking with him specifically.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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No, let's not. I really don't want to live in a world where the bad guys have killer AI drones and we don't.

You should take a hard look at who really is the bad guy.

I suppose in the context of the article you're commenting on you're saying the bad people are the ones defending the women and children from being raped?

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> Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that drone strikes carried out in Haiti over the past year have killed at least 1,243 people, including 17 children, many of whom had no apparent links to the criminal groups the attacks seek to squash. > Launched by Haitian law enforcement forces and private contractors working for Vectus Global between March 1, 2025, and Jan. 21, 2026, the strikes also injured at least 738 pe…

My understanding that 100% were killed extrajudicially. Only hope that when it comes to US the drones would carry Tasers.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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If you are a tech guy and working with drones or any AI company that has even a bare relationship to some security firm, you have a few options: 1 - Immediately share all information and intel with the public so as to spare any judicial accountability. 2 - Quit. 3 - Prepare to go to jail for the rest of your life. This is profoundly evil.

Option 4 - Summon Shoggoth and no one exists to go to jail.

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post #27

> Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that drone strikes carried out in Haiti over the past year have killed at least 1,243 people, including 17 children, many of whom had no apparent links to the criminal groups the attacks seek to squash. > Launched by Haitian law enforcement forces and private contractors working for Vectus Global between March 1, 2025, and Jan. 21, 2026, the strikes also injured at least 738 pe…

> private contractors

Mercenaries with drones, just great.

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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Drones and atomic bombs have prevented more mass murder than they've been used for. The people doing the most to actually improve material conditions in the third world are constantly poo-pooed by people who profit off these places remaining impoverished. I think the NRxers are right here you need to go in there and crack skulls. Few will invest in long term skills if they aren't valuable. The simple fact: In these n…

Atomic bombs, maybe. Regular bombs, no. Drones, also no. If war meant thousands of American soldiers had to swordfight with thousands of Iranian soldiers and possibly get stabbed and die, instead of just flying planes overhead, we'd have a lot fewer wars. War is easy when you don't have to risk your life.

Looks at history….

There certainly weren’t a lot fewer wars back when people had to physically stab each other with swords. Quite the opposite?

Re: Human Rights Watch says drone strikes in Haiti have killed nearly 1,250 people

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post #12

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Drones and atomic bombs have prevented more mass murder than they've been used for. The people doing the most to actually improve material conditions in the third world are constantly poo-pooed by people who profit off these places remaining impoverished. I think the NRxers are right here you need to go in there and crack skulls. Few will invest in long term skills if they aren't valuable. The simple fact: In these n…

Atomic bombs, maybe. Regular bombs, no. Drones, also no. If war meant thousands of American soldiers had to swordfight with thousands of Iranian soldiers and possibly get stabbed and die, instead of just flying planes overhead, we'd have a lot fewer wars. War is easy when you don't have to risk your life.

>also no

So I guess FARC didn't surrender? Where do you get this idea that American imperialism can't possibly work? And can I have some of what you're smoking?

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