Maven is the name given to it by the DOD.

Google backed out of the project early. The actual LLM is by Palantir.

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They shouldn't be trying such a desperate solution without trying chlorox and ivermectin first.

It was an LLM that chose the target.

Yes, the data was outdated. The LLM still chose the target.

Yes, it was a human who ultimately made the decision to launch the attack. They trusted the LLM, which chose the target.

I'm not saying it would not have happened if not for the LLM, but if the LLM wasn't involved there would have been more humans involved, and less trust in the data, and maybe someone would have caught the error in time.

Regardless, my point is that they are already using AI to make decisions about who to murder. That is a fact even the Pentagon admits, and Peter Thiel brags about.
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Just don't leave the country after you participate.

For that matter, you may suffer remote retaliation even if you stay home. I would leave this to the military or other government branch.

Also there is the question of legality, government operation or not. It sounds to me like vigilante justice. And countries who like their anti-American cybercriminals will certainly treat it as illegal. (Hence the advice not to leave the country.)

We certainly need a way to stop cybercrime, international or otherwise. But this doesn't strike me as a good way to go about it.

Finally a prediction: in the not too distant future, one or more offshoots from this will turn into unmanageable domestic criminal organizations.

> Nobody with any sanity whatsoever would honestly suggest that at this point.

They're already using AI to identify military targets.... that's why they blew up a school full of children with cruise missiles, remember?

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Third option: The same person/people who has influence over Trump also has influence over everyone else in the party. That being big donors and foreign powers, mostly.

But in terms of DC politics it's mostly fear of breaking ranks since that'll get you ostracized.
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Given hat innocent people are necessarily going to get hurt, and a successful surveillance state would be much MUCH worse about that, and that innocent people mistakenly caught up will generally receive better outcomes than innocent people intentionally targeted (e.g. getting charges dismissed etc), then it seems like leveraging the flaws of the system to argue against its creation is definitely the better option.

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Even Batman's job is threatened by AI.

It's just ET trying to phone home. Probably dialed the wrong number.

It's interesting that the response to less than perfect license plate recognition is to brag about how a total surveillance state is so much easier to implement in Europe.

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The only thing I can infer from your reply is that you do not understand what either (or both) "fascist" and "socialist" mean.

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You're assuming that most politicians care what people want.

That's most important is what the corporations want. The value of a total surveillance state is a great secondary benefit for the fascists currently in power, too. You don't have to imagine being tracked down and harassed, if not outright prosecuted, for protesting or campaigning for the 'wrong team.'

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Ideology vetos reality, news at 11.

A lot of people behave pretty ghastly when it comes to money.

Turbine blade recycling is a thing now. Perhaps there is still room to scale, but it exists.

Oddly, one of the most cost effective methods is to grind the blades up and feed them into rotary kilns used in cement processing. The resin burns clean providing supplemental heat reducing fuel use offsetting emissions, the glass fiber melts and becomes part of the silica for the final product, and any metals are fully recoverable.

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