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Great. The idea that we should take our lead in AI and ignore it's applicability for military applications is juvenile at best. I like living in the unipolar Am
by extr 3y ago
Great. The idea that we should take our lead in AI and ignore it's applicability for military applications is juvenile at best. I like living in the unipolar American world and I want it to stay that way.
- notpachet 3y ago> I like living in the unipolar American world and I want it to stay that way. This is probably going to be a pretty disappointing century for you.
- kolinko 3y agoAnd not for you? Where do you live that you would possibly be positively affected by such change?
- madwebness 3y agoSee the thing is, most places are in danger of being affected by various changes with regards to AI and other larger things. The game then becomes not "who's to be affected", but "who stands to lose more".
- vik0 3y agoI don't believe the person you replied to meant to convey that such a change will be positive or negative for him, but merely that the status quo will likely change in the coming decades
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- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoI'm quite positive that the US will be fine given it's geographic location. It's the rest of y'all that should be sweating at the prospect.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoThat's the conventional wisdom, but China is still dependent on the West today and it always has been, and assumes that the US and EU will stumble badly.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoAmerica is set to grow while China/Russia/EU shrinks, so it might be fine...
- kolinko 3y agoAs someone from central-easter Europe - yes, please and thank you!
- madwebness 3y agoWhile understandable short-term - as someone from neither of those places: no, and bug off. But that's a short-term and emotional response. You want an arms race you'll get it. Eventually someone might press the red button indeed. Not too unlikely - and even then history will never learn the truth who really did it first (not that it matters). As someone else pointed out above - this is going to be a surprising century for y'all promurica folks. Or for the the posterity, at least. Won't even be China to be blamed. Might not even be a state. Not seeing where this train is headed (and not just with the AI) - this is the biggest issue with the overall comprehension of the larger picture. But opening your eyes and learning to make sense of the world around isn't something you can learn by being lectured on HN, unfortunately. It's a soothing feeling to have, though - this belief you're on the "good guys" team. Comfy. Also helps when you're arguing, doesn't it? OR when your passport allows you to travel to more places. Very nice indeed, but not a single a thought is usually given as to why, say, the latter, is the case. "Ignorance is our only ammunition". DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT hate America. It's given this world a lot of good things and personally affected my life through art, books, movies, music, language and other things. I used to visit, but I think I could've never enjoyed living there. I used to think it's the American movies that perpetrate lies about how life really is, but then when you see it, you realize the lies is anywhere but in the movies (even the bad ones). Lies not by the people... Just lies. Fake. Vanity. Madness. And the only true thing I found in America was my one and only love. For which I'm forever grateful.
- oh_sigh 3y agoI'm guessing based on the OPs location, there is a very real possibility of being overrun by Russia if it weren't for America(or NATO). So this isn't some person shouting "America is #1" without having any idea of the outside world, it seems like a very pragmatic preference based on the alternative if the preference wasn't available.
- sureglymop 3y agoSarcasm or delusion?
- 23B1 3y agorealpolitik
- xwowsersx 3y agoI'm not sure we are living in a unipolar world anymore. We are, at the very least, heading towards a multipolar world with the US, China, and Russia as the three great powers.
- boeingUH60 3y agoRemove Russia from that list…the Ukraine war has shown that the Russian military are chest-beating clowns tainted by massive corruption and incompetence. I kinda suspect China is the same, but we’re yet to see, and hopefully never see any invasion of Taiwan..
- pharmakom 3y agoUSA is a large closed economy. China is a large open economy. I’m simplifying, but the bottom line is China definitely doesn’t want a Cold War scenario.
- Tommstein 3y ago> USA is a large closed economy. China is a large open economy. I’m simplifying, . . . . Yes, "simplifying" to the point of getting it completely backwards.
- boeingUH60 3y agoI think so too, but we should also understand that authoritarians are not rational. Before February 2022, I would have bet a big sum on Putin never authorizing a full-scale Ukraine invasion. There was just too much to lose and too little to gain theoretically…yet he did it anyways.
- breckenedge 3y agoPutin was lied to about the capabilities of his forces. Now we’re seeing the same thing with Xi, except heads are rolling _before_ the invasion gets underway.
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- ThisIsMyAltAcct 3y agoYep, now that we’re shifting back into great power competition mode, this is probably necessary.
- amelius 3y agoIf the US doesn't do it then some other superpower surely will. I guess it doesn't hurt to explore what AI is capable of in a military context, so you know what you're up against.
- wry_discontent 3y agoI live in the US, and I can't wait for the day American hegemony dies.