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The Manhattan project was started off by a letter from known pacifist Albert Einstein to Pres Roosevelt about his fears of the Nazi's developing an atomic weapo
by tibbydudeza 3y ago
The Manhattan project was started off by a letter from known pacifist Albert Einstein to Pres Roosevelt about his fears of the Nazi's developing an atomic weapon first.
I would say it was a good thing that did not happen.
- atemerev 3y agoI fully agree, and the same reasoning applies for the military use of AI.
- protomolecule 3y agoBut when Nazi were defeated the good guys in Los Alamos continued developing nuclear bombs.
- atemerev 3y agoGood, otherwise we would have to live in the World Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, tovaristch.
- protomolecule 3y agoWhy?
- atemerev 3y agoBecause Soviet Union was developing nuclear bombs (and stealing the technology, too) immediately in pace with the US program. If the US program was to stop, the Soviet one wouldn’t stop.
- protomolecule 3y agoAnd? Unlike the US in Korea and Vietnam, the USSR wasn't even contemplating using nukes in Afghanistan or elsewhere.