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[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

some tools are actually strictly bad to use, like nuclear bombs, landmines, or chemical weapons

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You’re just describing weapons made from tools.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Weapons are tools. They are tools engineered for death.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And some tools are bad to use. People generally don't like death.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yes, those tools are called ‘weapons.’ Are you implying AI is a weapon?

I'm implying it's undesirable.

[–] match@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

certainly some AI is weaponry

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yes, we should outlaw weaponization of AI. I would support that.

We don’t outlaw knives. But we punish their use as a weapon.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Nuclear bombs have one theoretically beneficial use: deflecting planet-killer asteroids.