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> That's literally how you get Skynet, and that's what everyone claims to be worried about, right? Or are they just full of shit

It's the latter. They're full of shit both about our current approach to this being capable of becoming Skynet, and about their caring. I mean a handful of individuals might not be, but broadly, that's the state of things.

Painting it as so advanced that even the companies building it are scared has been an excellent sales technique, though.




It’ll accidentally shoot the wrong people somewhere in a foreign country, which is already government approved.




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