> Military applications are a small subset Military applications are a tiny subset of evil that can be done with intelligence, artificial or otherwise. So much

> Military applications are a small subset Military applications are a tiny subset of evil that can be done with intelligence, artificial or otherwise. So much of the global economy is based on IP, and AI appears to be good at appropriating it and shoveling out near infringements at a breathtaking scale. Ironically, AI can paraphrase a book about patent law in a few minutes... and never really understand a word it wrote. At the moment AI may be an extistential threat to IP based economies... which is certaintly as much of a national security threat as protecting the water supply. > "If we don't do it, the evil people will do it anyway" is not a good argument. This is a good argument if the cow was still in the barn. At this moment, we're all passengers trying to figure out where all of this is going. It's change, and it's easy to be afraid of it. I suspect, though, just like all changes in the past AI could just make life better. Maybe.