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So much for ‘Don’t be evil’

• scythmic_waves 5y ago
  Whenever "Don't be evil" comes up, I can't help but think of this (nearly decade old) tweet [1]: > Google motto 2004: Don't be evil > Google motto 2010: Evil is tricky to define > Google motto 2013: We make military robots [1]: https://twitter.com/BrentButt/status/412700627152961536 https://twitter.com/BrentButt/status/412700627152961536
  • oh_sigh 5y ago
    I wonder how many people those military robots have killed, maimed, enslaved, removed the rights from, etc, in the past 9 years? Implying military robots are inherently evil is like implying that punching someone in the nose is inherently evil. Context is important. If I punch a random person in the nose, maybe I am evil. If I punch a person in the nose who randomly punched me in the nose, I wouldn't consider myself evil.
    • int_19h 5y ago
      A military robot designed for US - the country that has more troops in war zones around the world than anybody else (indeed, than everybody else combined!) - is practically guaranteed to be used for something inherently evil.
      • redis_mlc 5y ago
      • lostmsu 5y ago
        Then so is designing kitchen knives for humans, who have more homicides, than any other species.
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• dkjaudyeqooe 5y ago
  It should have been 'Don't be so naive'