Hacker News: metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=metalsiliconYTHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:32:24 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>Responsibility will always have to lie with the user, but if the weapons are more advanced and safer then why is that bad? I like that autonomous vehicles like Waymo are 10x safer then human drivers, even if a 'Machine' is making decisions.

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:10:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926437metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926437https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926437<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>The mines got banned because they were dumb...

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:06:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926393metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926393https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926393<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>So you would prefer weapons that cannot reason at all?

> "You're absolutely right, that wasn't a military target—it was actually a girls school. It won't happen again!"

Most likely this event happened due to a bad targeting system that wasn't smart enough, if it had a better llm underpinning it (assuming it had any) maybe those lives would have been saved. More reason for more smart people like the author to work on these systems.

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:03:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926352metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926352https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926352<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>Thats fine, but a serious luxury belief IMO

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:53:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926225metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926225https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926225<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>Thats like saying cars wont work because they get flat tires

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:51:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926201metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926201https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926201<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>Saying AI military products wont work is the dumbest thing i've heard in awhile

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:40:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926054metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926054https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926054<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>Agreed, I feel like the people who say no to AI weapons haven't actually presented a real argument (that I have heard) besides terminator bad

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:38:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926033metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926033https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48926033<![CDATA[New comment by metalsiliconYT in "Why I Left Google DeepMind"]]>Respect for sticking to your beliefs. Just out of curiosity though why do people not want smart AI weapons? I would much rather have an onboard AI that can discriminate between unarmed civilians and military assets, seems irresponsible to not... Is a dumb sea mine that blows up everything somehow better than a smart sea mine that knows to not blow up sometimes?

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:33:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925968metalsiliconYThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925968https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48925968