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Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for 'any lawful' use of AI

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Re: Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for 'any lawful' use of AI

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Who defines "lawful" if Google and the Pentagon disagree? > The classified deal apparently doesn’t allow Google to veto how the government will use its AI models. Seems concerning?

This has to be one of the strangest "debates" in history. Congress and the courts obviously. If you think there's a hole in the law tell your congressman, don't, for some reason, try and put Google or any Ai company above the government.

> Congress and the courts obviously.

The first is fully neutered. The second is far too slow.

"Nothing unlawful" needing to be in the contract is inherently concerning, as it's typically the default, assumed state of such a thing.

Re: Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for 'any lawful' use of AI

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Who defines "lawful" if Google and the Pentagon disagree? > The classified deal apparently doesn’t allow Google to veto how the government will use its AI models. Seems concerning?

Lawful is presumably defined in the usual, common sense, ie we can do whatever the f we want until a court physically forces us not to.

And since the court has no way to physically force anything - that's the executive branch's function, (it's right there in the name) - lawful has no meaning whatsoever if it's the executive branch that wants to break the law.

Re: Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for 'any lawful' use of AI

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Who could have seen this one coming. From yesterday: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-pentagon-classified-u... ("Hundreds of Google workers urge CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon").

Any AI researcher who continues to work here is morally compromised.

Re: Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for 'any lawful' use of AI

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Who could have seen this one coming. From yesterday: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-pentagon-classified-u... ("Hundreds of Google workers urge CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon"). Any AI researcher who continues to work here is morally compromised.

That's what the 7 figure salaries are for.
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