As an AI developer who does do work with the Pentagon, I don't know anyone amongst my colleagues who doesn't roll their eyes at this ridiculous notion that some

As an AI developer who does do work with the Pentagon, I don't know anyone amongst my colleagues who doesn't roll their eyes at this ridiculous notion that somehow extracting infinite wealth for the world's richest men isn't just killing people with extra steps. Just because there is more distance between working at Facebook and bombs doesn't mean they aren't still inextricably linked. The idea that anyone can honestly believe "our AI doesn't kill people" is a fantasy. Even serious scientists are already using commercial AI to generate new fentanyl analogues: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12539-024-00623-0 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12539-024-00623-0 All the AI was always going to be used to kill people all along. Some of us are just more honest about that reality.