253. The Cold War Origins and Future of Today’s AI
This Machine Kills
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The National Security State and the USSR
The Pentagon's ability to create novel innovations in pursuits of figuring out how best to kill the enemy faster than they can. That is what led to the Pentagon's groundbreaking technological innovations, because there was a real enemy. The U.S. hasn't been taskized to this idea that there's a real existential apocalyptic threat coming from Beijing like it did with the Soviet Union.
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