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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. ecshafer · · focus · HN ↗
        They made some Italian group into sanctioned terrorists because, get this, they specifically sought out and provided digital servers to terrorist organizations that aligned with their ideals. You seem to be leaving out that they did not generally host services for the general public, that they specifically only hosted services for organization they politically agree with after a thorough vetting process, AND those groups happened to be terrorist groups.
        1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
          False, and illegal slander in Italy.
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