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Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

396 points · 457 comments · nmeagent

  1. ilaksh · · focus · HN ↗
    I am very pro-AI (although I do think we need to have a culture of caution) but this is another red-alert for democracy. People should be terrified if the president is able to make you into a state enemy just because you said you are against some technology.
    1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
      A few weeks ago they made some Italian group into sanctioned terrorists because, get this, they hosted email and blogs without being rich.
      1. ffsm8 · · focus · HN ↗
        Writing disingenuous comments like this only makes people pay less attention to your points when it matters.

        The stated reason for the "terrorist" title was not them being not-rich. It was facilitating a platform which hosted organizations which behave on the extreme end - because it's privacy centered and those elements obviously want that.

        If would be a valid discussion point wherever that justifies setting the whole platform on fire, but the way you're making the point ultimately sabotages your message.

        1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
          The STATED reason can be anything they like and is meaningless, which is why I told the actual reason instead.
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