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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. Matl · · focus · HN ↗

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          1. ffsm8 · · focus · HN ↗

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            1. Matl · · focus · HN ↗
              The 'facts' that you keep saying that were wrong were only so if you take what the Trump admin said about it as 'facts' (ie the reason for the targeting). There's no reason to do so at this point.
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