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What does being sovereign have to do with anything in this case?

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.

You 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.

The power should be checked by the people and the government we have established. It shouldn't have its power checked by private corporations.

The government wants to use AI to decide who to kill. Fuck that.

1. 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.

Corporations are people my friend.

A small group of people who may hold views that conflict with the citizens of a country.

Ever heard of the Constitution?

What part of the constitution is being violated here? Genuine question.

5A 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?

That’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.

California 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.

You're not American so it might be hard to wrap your head around, but here the "sovereign" leadership is not the ultimate authority.

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