timtyler comments on What if AI doesn't quite go FOOM? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 23 June 2010 10:03:28AM 0 points [-]

I am pretty sure that the government knows the score - or at least that the NSA do.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 June 2010 11:25:33AM 1 point [-]

I'm sure they do. The important thing is what additional promotion can achieve. Will it make a leader think he needs to cooperate with the enemy and make treaties? Or it will make them more inclined to add a trillion or two to the NSA budget?

Comment author: Perplexed 02 October 2010 07:49:52PM 0 points [-]

Yes indeed, the government seems to explore all promising technologies, and even some that are not so promising