alt Hacker NewsWhat about misuse for weapon development? Does the project not massively cut R&D costs (hence lowering the entry hurdle) for potentially malicious actors on the planet?
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SiempreViernes • today at 8:49 AM
No, actually building the things are most of the work and this program isn't intended for weapons development so you will just save a few tests at most, so it helps marginally.
tjomk • today at 8:49 AM
Anything can be misused by the bad actor. Knives, guns. With AI things are getting easier to develop bio-chemical weapons. There was recently a video of a YouTuber creating a portable rocket launcher in <100 USD.
wiseowise • today at 9:40 AM
Even if it does, you need industry to have any meaningful impact. And a big army with distributed attack nodes.
Sure, but it's not like the actors currently able to pass the entry hurdle are not malicious.
Maybe we (or somebody in, say Ukraine or Rojava) will need this to defend themselves from the actors having access to missiles right now.