• realharo@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    This may actually be one of those things where it turns out to be worth it (for them anyway), if they can get some major technological advancements out of it.

    There are so many other things in the world that are way more wasteful and way more pointless.

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      1 year ago

      Or you get an overlord ai that isn’t dependent on the larger power grid so it doesn’t have any reason not to launch the nukes. You know they’re going to harden these things.

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        1 year ago

        This comment was a joke right? “Launch the nukes”? What nukes?!? Do you not know the difference between nuclear power generation and nuclear bombs?

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          1 year ago

          Yes. It’s just a joke about Skynet and AM. People are really quick to jump to dogpile without realizing it’s a joke. The idea wasn’t that it would use its reactor as a weapon, but it would access the military’s weapons. Without needing outside power, it have no reason not to.