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It doesn’t mention anything about the limited talent pool you’ll be pulling from to build war tech. I for example would never use my skills to enable or empower
by cornercasechase 3y ago
It doesn’t mention anything about the limited talent pool you’ll be pulling from to build war tech. I for example would never use my skills to enable or empower the military and I’m sure I’m not alone. As an industry we should resist building weapons and spy tech, even if it pays.
- insamniac 3y agoWhat are the most morally acceptable industries on offer that we should use our skills for instead?
- cornercasechase 3y agoAnything that doesn’t involve killing humans and destroying the environment?
- insamniac 3y agoI was hoping for a few specific examples. You might be able to find something with more abstractions between yourself and the killing and destruction, but if there are any 'pure' industries out there, there certainly won't be enough jobs for all of us.
- dotnet00 3y agoMass data collection, recommender systems, social networks and AI models built on "fair use" of everyone's hard work of course. They're all such noble pursuits, so much better than defense! Just look at how much they've done for the world. It's never not funny when people in our industry, especially those working at giants like Amazon, Google and Microsoft, whine against defense projects claiming to want to do good for the world while being responsible for so much harm. Shows that they're more than happy causing any amount of suffering as long as they don't have to see it themselves in the form of dead bodies and ruined cities.
- AnimalMuppet 3y ago[flagged]
- cornercasechase 3y agoYeah I don’t think we should be making global policy based on what the hobbit guy says.
- AnimalMuppet 3y ago[flagged]
- dang 3y agoPlease stop posting in the flamewar style. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- version_five 3y agoOtoh the superficial social justice warrior types self-disqualify so you don't have to put up with their politics. There are some reasonable objections - say if your job was to make a chemical weapon more deadly - but lots of good military tech that keeps people safer. If someone wants to paint it all with the same brush and manipulate people into clicking ads or algorithmically denying insurance or whatever other tech thing instead, I'd be happy not to work with then.
- dang 3y agoPlease don't post ideological battle comments. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Tommstein 3y agoYeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion, man. And not a very intelligent one. Ask Ukraine.
- cornercasechase 3y agoIt is my opinion as I have a functional moral framework and the ability to think for myself instead of blindly digesting government propaganda.
- dang 3y agoPlease stop posting in the flamewar style. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html