• Imperious_melange@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    The US or China, pick your poison. At least as of now I can go outside or online and say whatever I want in the US so long as it isn’t slander, liable, or a threat of violence. I’m not sure I can do the same in Bejing.

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                4 hours ago

                Like in the US I can put up a booth and talk about tienimen square or for that matter anything the US or any other country has done that was unjust. I can criticize the president and the government openly. I can lawfully use a VPN or Tor.

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                  I have been labeled a terrorist by the Americans government for doing 1 of the 2 things your brought up, and they’re working on making the other irrelevant. The American government and the Chinese government have more in common than you have with the American government. So no it wouldn’t be better for the US to make hard AI, but they’re not going to so I’m not worried about that. I’m worried about wasting 20% of our economy on an A* girlfriend for Elon Musk. I’m worried about them robbing retirement funds and our tax dollars for this.

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                    4 hours ago

                    Sounds like an easy lawsuit then so long as you didn’t commit slander, liable, or call for violence you’ll be very well covered by the constitution and I hope you enjoy the tax money you’ll receive.

                    Unfortunately what is happening with AI development is serious and is an existential threat to humanity and not because of the data centers or environmental impact, although I do seriously wish you were right. As someone who is working in the field and is an academic it’s not looking good for us, my hope is that it’s more compassionate than us.