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colin @vogon7/26/2023, 9:51 PM

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〽ax krieger's cool spot @maxkriegervg7/26/2023, 9:40 PM

it's giving "first five minutes of a shin megami tensei game before The Thing happens"

colin @vogon7/26/2023, 9:44 PM

This post has content warnings for: the american military's cartoonish level of racism.

#us politics

colin @vogon7/26/2023, 9:51 PM

so this article cites Mark Metcalf's 9-month-old survey paper on PRC's views on military AI ethics

which, weirdly, seems to advocate the exact opposite conclusion about whether its goals on AI ethics are political or not?

There is, however, sufficient information to draw the following preliminary conclusions. [...]
PLA discussions of military AI ethics are not political
When discussing military AI ethics, none of the sources discussed Party considerations. Perhaps this is because Party participation is implicit in military ethics discussions, but the absence of political rhetoric is conspicuous by its absence.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fdata.2022.991392/full

this country is getting up to truly bizarre levels of saber-rattling

#us politics

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It's Dizzy!@DizzyDelta7/26/2023, 9:52 PM

We interviewed Ambassador Thorman, who assured us that there was absolutely nothing to worry about

Zircean @Zircean7/26/2023, 9:56 PM

terrifying stuff

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Chaia Eran @ChaiaEran7/26/2023, 9:48 PM

ohh don't even get me started on the "judeo-christian" bullshit, it's entirely just christian fundamentalism slapping "judeo-" in front of itself to try and paint a thin veneer of unity against the rest of the world's religions without actually drawing from jewish thought at all

Ham @HamOfJustice7/26/2023, 9:54 PM

yep this one really comes out swinging before you even click on the spoiler

fingerless @fingerless7/27/2023, 4:28 AM

i mean, strictly speaking, Islam is based on Judeo-Christian values as well.

Chaia Eran @ChaiaEran7/27/2023, 4:36 AM

yep, but the people saying "judeo-christian" don't want to acknowledge that, because that would reveal the term for the incoherent nonsense it is

fingerless @fingerless7/27/2023, 4:44 AM

that and "judeo-christian values" is invariably invoked to justify explicit endorsement of christianity in ostensibly secular liberal institutions, despite secular liberalism being largely developed in opposition to religious involvement in state. for example, this line of argument was used by conservatives when the Australian Greens proposed that maybe we don't need to open every sitting of Parliament with the Lord's Prayer.

Chaia Eran @ChaiaEran7/27/2023, 5:49 AM

yyyyyep

Lizardguy @Lizardguy647/26/2023, 10:23 PM

Last time "Christian" and "Military" were used in the same sentence, it did not end well for anyone.

Gay Eminem on 9/11 @DecayWTF7/27/2023, 12:46 AM

These people are an existential menace to the world

fingerless @fingerless7/27/2023, 4:26 AM

isn't the Air Force notorious for being full of evangelicals? no surprise it's an air force guy proposing it.

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Christian Simmers @Xuelder7/26/2023, 9:59 PM

Oof, the Air Force is notorious for its old boys club on top of it being utterly dominated by Evangelicals, to the point where JROTC teachers at schools try to stear students away from them and into other branches.

legitimate dolphin @rngDolphins7/26/2023, 10:26 PM

"judeo-"? So I guess we won't be killing people on Shabbos? It's a step in the right direction, I guess

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