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Houthis used Anthropic to develop guided weapons

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More evidence that AI can be quite useful!

[dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49647300

Houthis use engineering and education to develop guided weapons

Back In My Day, you had to mod a PlayStation if you wanted to DIY a missile guidance system /s

I wouldn’t be surprised if Iran’s strategy to shut down the Strait of Hormuz was ideated by AI.

As far as I heard they had that strategy as a possibility for decades, US experts had warned the current and prior administrations about it’s possible ramifications, warning against attacking Iran for exactly this reason.

The previous German minister of economy, Robert Habeck, had warned of such a situation a few years ago, too.

AI is just a next word predictor. It cannot understand the development of guided weapons as it's not conscious.

I'm just a next word predictor too

Then society should have the right to end your life as soon as you're no longer useful as you've just reduced yourself to an algorithm, what value do you serve if you're just a next word predictor ?

Reducing your self worth like that is a very stupid thing to do.

How does describing something reduce its worth?

Its a grossly incomplete description. A reductive description.

We use incomplete descriptions all the time. Like I could say "I'm an early riser". Is that reductive?

All statements are reductive because language is injective to reality.

would you care to share your interpretation of the function of the word "just" upthread? because that would appear to be the operative part doing the reducing that you've conveniently left out here.

I could also say "I'm just a teacher". No significant difference made by "just" in this context, beyond giving flavour.

The reason people squash bugs with almost zero guilt is because they see the bugs as "nothing". If people voluntarily advertise themselves as "no things" or "just something" then you make the justification for similar treatment totally fine.

How do you think those who who commit genocide see their victims?

This argument from 2024? We are all next word predictors, what matters is what the next word is.

One problem with well performed sarcasm is a noteworthy tendency to darken the text colour on hn

I'm only in control of what I do, not what others do. Thus, I only judge myself by my own standards, not of others.

Non sequitur. Can't live in a society and be free of it.

Category error. When it comes to judgement, I am.

Indeed. My humble opinion is that sarcasm doesn't belong on discussion boards, even with the silly /s marker. Eventually it poisons everything it touches.

And the democrats expect us to believe Iran is not a puppet government of the United States. I mean Iran, Houthis, even Russia is using Claude… after pentagon pretended to ban Anthropic from the military…

Wait I’m sorry, I’m all for suspecting US involvement in foreign countries because its probably happening, but what are you saying exactly? “The democrats” have had marginal if any power for two years. Any fuckling going on involves POTUS.

Also, reality is not a work of fiction. Look for concrete reasons in things, not themes and allusions. Anthropic is used because they have a good product, it’s easy.

The evil witch of the middle east doesn’t ask the wizard how to attack the wizard.

show us on the doll where the evil democrats touched you. are they here in the room with us now?

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