The university I’m attending for my masters degree sometimes sends out generic emails to all the comp sci students. This one made me do a double take.
: You’re walking through the desert. You see an unexploded bomb. Children are coming with powertools to salvage the bombs for precious metal and electronics. Do you detonate the bomb to prevent them from stealing company property, or call the company to inform them of lost inventory and fight the children with your hands and fists?
yeah, I’m something of an ethics engineer myself
first to dehumanize the target wins
New bit idea: join Lockheed Martin as a programmer and teach their AI the wrong things as a joke.
further reinforcing the idea that ethics is just a way to convince midwits that they can do morally disgusting things because they’re very “thoughtful” about it (they think about it but don’t reach any conclusions)
Compete with other nepobabies and failsons as they gain PRESTIEGE in bullshitting their way to justify crimes against humanity and genocide for profit and maximize shareholder value.
