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Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

396 points · 457 comments · nmeagent

ilaksh · 1790229226 · 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. Razengan · 1790233001 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm pro-AI but very anti-authoritarian. Guess I'm going to the gulag or becoming a meat battery for the Matrix
  1. selfhoster1312 · 1790237872 · focus · HN ↗
    Interesting! I would personally argue that AI as a political project is precisely very authoritarian. I recommend reading Al Khatib's definition to get an unorthodox perspective on the matter: <a href="https://ali-alkhatib.com/blog/defining-ai" rel="nofollow">https://ali-alkhatib.com/blog/defining-ai
    Razengan · 1790238132 · focus · HN ↗
    > AI as a political project is precisely very authoritarian.
    It can also level the playing field.
    Every human SHOULD have access to all human knowledge at their fingertips, and a personal assistant to help them navigate through it.
    chrisjj · 1790267922 · focus · HN ↗
    > Every human SHOULD have access to all human knowledge at their fingertips
    So, your banking passwords?

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