Spotify funding weapons development

[paul_5]

I came across this article earlier; not content with decimating the income of recording artists, Spotify seems poised to start funding military AI research.

 

https://mixmag.net/amp/spotify-daniel-ek-ai-defence-investment-criticism

Edited December 9, 2021 by paul_5

[skidder652003]

cant see the article, link?

 

[paul_5]

That, dearheart, is because I forgot to add it. 
 

forgive me

 

 

 

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[Guest]

The thread title is innacurate. The man who founded and runs Spotify is investing his own funds into a company that provides, among other things, services to miltary customers.

 

Spotify the company has nothing to do with this. Good luck when their lawyers catch up with you.

Edited December 9, 2021 by Bassfinger
Distracted by a sighting of Elvis

[wateroftyne]

1 hour ago, Bassfinger said:

Good luck when their lawyers catch up with you.

 

You really think that's a possibility?

[ambient]

1 hour ago, Bassfinger said:

The thread title is innacurate. The man who founded and runs Spotify is investing his own funds into a company that provides, among other things, services to miltary customers.

 

Spotify the company has nothing to do with this. Good luck when their lawyers catch up with you.

Where did ‘his’ money come from?

[TimR]

4 minutes ago, ambient said:

Where did ‘his’ money come from?

 

Presumably your company pay you a wage. Are they responsible for the tunes you play at gigs?

[Daz39]

This is from the lazy end of tabloid journalism. And that’s a compliment.

[ped]

What’s wrong with investing in military AI research? 

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

 

You really think that's a possibility?

Oh yeah, for sure. Not.

[wateroftyne]

2 minutes ago, Bassfinger said:

Oh yeah, for sure. Not.

 

Me neither.

[wateroftyne]

Have to say, I like the guy even less now... if that's at all possible.

 

*Apparently he's not a fan of me either, so we're all-square

[MrDaveTheBass]

1 hour ago, Bassfinger said:

Good luck when their lawyers catch up with you.

Good luck when their autonomous napalm-wielding AI military lawyers catch up with you more like!

[Downunderwonder]

26 minutes ago, ped said:

What’s wrong with investing in military AI research? 

You never saw Terminator?

 

But seriously, I don't know anyone that wants autonomous weapons flying/running/crawlingaround shooting at whatever they 'feel' like.

[Doctor J]

Shooting greedy musicians who want to be paid a little more.

[ped]

6 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

You never saw Terminator?

 

But seriously, I don't know anyone that wants autonomous weapons flying/running/crawlingaround shooting at whatever they 'feel' like.

I think there’s more to it than that - and I’m sure we’ll all benefit from the trickle down to consumer goods. I’m all for it! Smarter more efficient weapons and targeting sounds like the way forward if you ask me 👍🏼 A 3000lb bomb that keeps telling you to listen to that band you hate until it takes your face off

[EBS_freak]

Don’t want to invest in military weapons?

 

So no DSLR cameras, microwave ovens, cellphones, GPS (and satellite navigation), drones, the epi pen, duct tape and superglue, jet engines, portable radio, internet, night vision, blah blah…

 

Investing in the the military and weapons is what has pushed technology into the commercial sector - some of these technologies would arguably have never come to exist without such investments.

[Downunderwonder]

10 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

Don’t want to invest in military weapons?

 

So no DSLR cameras, microwave ovens, cellphones, GPS (and satellite navigation), drones, the epi pen, duct tape and superglue, jet engines, portable radio, internet, night vision, blah blah…

 

Investing in the the military and weapons is what has pushed technology into the commercial sector - some of these technologies would arguably have never come to exist without such investments.

None of those things go bang. At the end of the day AI for military means killer robots.

[TimR]

7 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

None of those things go bang. At the end of the day AI for military means killer robots.

 

It means quicker recognition of targets and threats and less human soldiers in the line of fire.

[uk_lefty]

Most pension funds probably are too. And deforestation, intensive farming, all sorts of unethical stuff.

[tegs07]

8 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

None of those things go bang. At the end of the day AI for military means killer robots.

Pretty much every advance in technology has been driven by investment in military research and the adult entertainment industry.
Sex and violence have got us to the point we are today. Make of that what you will.

[EBS_freak]

9 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

None of those things go bang. At the end of the day AI for military means killer robots.

They may not go bang, but they guide the thing that go bang, they enable detection of the things that you want to bang up with the thing that goes bang, they enable things to go bang without taking out your own people etc etc 

[EBS_freak]

37 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

Pretty much every advance in technology has been driven by investment in military research and the adult entertainment industry.

 

[ped]

11 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

They may not go bang, but they guide the thing that go bang, they enable detection of the things that you want to bang up with the thing that goes bang, they enable things to go bang without taking out your own people etc etc 

Tinder

[EBS_freak]

2 minutes ago, ped said:

Tinder

Exactly.