I love that these open letters give scientists a collective voice helping them weigh in on public debate with the media's blessing. But... saying AI is bad beca

I love that these open letters give scientists a collective voice helping them weigh in on public debate with the media's blessing. But... saying AI is bad because they make great weapons sounds extremely naive, unless it's a declaration of collective sentiment (which is unscientific). Humans make tools, which include weapons. Unless we stop making weapons, which we are not, AI weapons will be made. And when have weapons ever been "good"? All weapons are bad so of course AI weapons are bad. Great weapons are extremely bad, which is precisely what makes them so great. I can't help but wonder if they'd have come up with something better had they received input from the historians and anthropologists regarding this point. And now this naive "scientific" argument will be used against them to tarnish the reputation of scientists and marginalize science (but only after the 28th... naive again to think they can control social media and internet time; shame on HN for "posting" this early!).