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The sovereign is the ultimate authority. In the USA “we the people” delegate the sovereign power to our elected officials. They are now exercising that power i
by nemo44x 7mo ago
The sovereign is the ultimate authority. In the USA “we the people” delegate the sovereign power to our elected officials.
They are now exercising that power in the interest of the people (they believe) that grant that power.
- Rudybega 7mo agoYou don't actually believe in the core tenets of the USA if you think that the government should have or should exercise unchecked, abusive power.
- charcircuit 7mo agoThe power should be checked by the people and the government we have established. It shouldn't have its power checked by private corporations.
- spankalee 7mo agoThe government wants to use AI to decide who to kill. Fuck that.
- charcircuit 7mo ago1. The restriction applies to even writing documentation, adding comments, scanning for bugs, or even scanning for security vulnerabilities in systems for fully autonomous weapons. As automated vulnerability discovery gets stronger and stronger it is critical that have the ability to have a strong defense. 2. It is a principled take on that private companies shouldn't be making the decisions what their tools can and can't be used for in such an important sector.
- bigtex88 7mo agoCorporations are people my friend.
- charcircuit 7mo agoA small group of people who may hold views that conflict with the citizens of a country.
- smlavine 7mo agoEver heard of the Constitution?
- spiderice 7mo agoWhat part of the constitution is being violated here? Genuine question.
- CamperBob2 7mo ago5A taking without compensation, for one thing. The government can't unilaterally change the terms of a contract to seize more value for itself, at least not without following processes that don't play out on Twitter. You could even make a Third Amendment case if you stretched the logic far enough. Does "you can't be forced to quarter soldiers" extend to being forced to provide other forms of support?
- nemo44x 7mo agoThat’s a stretch. They’re saying that they are cancelling their contract and anyone that you can’t do business with both parties. California literally does this all the time.
- CamperBob2 7mo agoCalifornia literally does this all the time. Does what? Place companies on a list of businesses that no supplier to the state government of California is allowed to do business with? I'm unfamiliar with such a list but I suppose anything is possible these days.
- beej71 7mo agoYou're not American so it might be hard to wrap your head around, but here the "sovereign" leadership is not the ultimate authority.