Comment on 1940s do be repeating

jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The code name for when the US government hired a bunch of literal Nazis in order to gain a cold war advantage over the USSR

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  • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ah gotcha, I was thinking maybe it had to do with the AI Paperclip Problem but I was way off.

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    • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s kinda both… They’re both recruiting a Nazi AI, and unleashing an AI with the purpose of turning people into Nazis

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  when after ww2, American recruited nazis for their space program.

  that’s why a nazi ended up as head of NASA.

  “once the rocket go up, who cares where they fall, that’s not me department”

  Verner Von Braun

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