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minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 days agosome tools are actually strictly bad to use, like nuclear bombs, landmines, or chemical weapons
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoNuclear bombs have one theoretically beneficial use: deflecting planet-killer asteroids.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoYou’re just describing weapons made from tools.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWeapons are tools. They are tools engineered for death.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoAnd some tools are bad to use. People generally don’t like death.
minus-squaresurph_ninja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoYes, those tools are called ‘weapons.’ Are you implying AI is a weapon?
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI’m implying it’s undesirable.
some tools are actually strictly bad to use, like nuclear bombs, landmines, or chemical weapons
Nuclear bombs have one theoretically beneficial use: deflecting planet-killer asteroids.
You’re just describing weapons made from tools.
Weapons are tools. They are tools engineered for death.
Yeah, that’s my point.
And some tools are bad to use. People generally don’t like death.
Yes, those tools are called ‘weapons.’ Are you implying AI is a weapon?
I’m implying it’s undesirable.