The stupidity and corruption of Pete Hegseth knows no bounds.

[revpuddudley@mas.to]

@mattsheffield @AliceFraser said [about Musk]:
* * I think we read the same sci-fi as teenagers but he misconstrued who the bad guys were** [not verbatim]

Hegseth likes the Skynet/Terminator scenario ?
Probably thinks that Jesus will be back soon & nuclear wipeout doesn't matter.
Probably the one believer in the whole gang

[lufthans@mastodon.social]

@mattsheffield It seems nepo-bro Hegseth has only seen the first part of War Games

It sounds like he wants to be able to fire missiles and start wars without needing to interact with the military

What do the Trump-Epstein files have to say about Hegseth?

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@RevPudDudley @mattsheffield It seems like the far right has been pushing people in general to believe that the end is here and there's nothing they can do to stop it so they should just sit back and let it happen. They've been doing this quite a long time now, so maybe their own tricks are starting to work on, well, themselves...

But, well, I don't pretend to understand what a nazi is thinking really. (I use that word loosely of course.)

He might just really believe the BS that LLMs are AI.

[eve@evecodes.com]

@mattsheffield

I have this administration to thank for the fact that now when I look back at history, people I thought were plain evil actually weren’t. They’re all just annoying, low self-esteem, dumbass mutherfuckers, doing stupid shit.

[fragarach@social.vivaldi.net]

@mattsheffield
I can't be the only one who immediately thought of "Robocop".

[oliver_schafeld@mastodon.online]

Nuremberg trials 1945: "I just followed orders."

Nuremberg trials 2045: "I didn't war-crime, the machine did…"

(Reminder: The A in AGI is not for accountability)

[illuminatus@mstdn.social]

@mattsheffield Hmmm, is it still friendly fire if the AI doesn't have the capability for friendship?

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@mattsheffield

Well he was handpicked by the orange captain stupid, so comes as no surprise…

[dmian@mastodon.social]

@mattsheffield These new generation of American oligarchs sure are lame! They need to learn to make deals with the government in a way that, whatever they do, they won’t be held liable, like the Sackler family. Chumps!
/s

[androcat@toot.cat]

@mattsheffield Most likely, this is all window dressing. A fake argument about a fake safety feature on a fake technology with fake capabilities.

[budududuroiu@hachyderm.io]

@mattsheffield this dude wrote am essay titled "Machines of Loving Grace" now has to prostitute his labour because everyone has to kiss the ring.

It's kinda ironic, I also think that Amodei genuinely drinks his own kool-aid

[desantis@mastodon.bida.im]

@Fragarach @mattsheffield Yup, but instead of Robocop, it’s ED-209.

[darthpanda@mastodon.social]

@mattsheffield It's about laying grounds for the massive taxpayer bailout of AI that's going to take place. Having AI systems "part of National Defense" will ensure the GOP and TFG have talking points to shove the largest billionaire bailout in history down everyone's gullet.

[nojhan@social.antigene.org]

@mattsheffield That’s not stupidity, that’s weaponized ideology. They’re signaling that they don’t tolerate any lack of obedience, even rationaly motivated.

Plus, my guess is that they don’t care the efficacy of the weapons in a war of terror. If it misses, it’s not their fault, and it’s a normal parameter.