cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14534792

“Most Americans do not want our government to write a blank check to further Prime Minister Netanyahu’s war in Gaza,” a group of nearly 20 of the 37 no-voting lawmakers said.”

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    7 months ago

    I was with you until the last bit. They can develop advance weapons just for the sake of spending our insane military budget. They can stockpile them and not use them. Then they just get decommissioned. It’s not a conspiracy driven by the need for US spending or anything, it’s Netanyahu just being Netanyahu.

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      7 months ago

      I respect your disagreement.

      In general, AI requires a lot of data to build useful models. Warfare would be a unique opportunity to build those models. And the goal is not just spending money, but developing the most effective instruments of war (compared to say the US’ adversaries) to continue militaristic, profit, and geopolitical dominance