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reactordev
18 days ago
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Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report...
A general purpose technology that happens to be used for harm does not make the technology harmful, only its wielder.
zahlman
18 days ago
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Yes, that's the point. Munitions are not general purpose, so equating compute to munitions is unjustly ascribing moral weight to the compute.
saubeidl
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Rockets are general purpose though. They can bring up civilian satellites or fall down as weapons.
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