Tech Execs Plead for Great Firewall of America to Protect Them Against Scary Chinese AI

[opisek@lemmy.world]

Night City

[idkwhatusernametoputherelolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

China is an entire economy built on intellectual property thievery

To be fair, espionage is a common thing throught history. This is nothing really morally wrong with copying from other countries.

By your definition, the US technically "stole" the atomic bomb from the nazis by "stealing" German scientists. I mean like... who cares.

Your argument should focus more on what the implications of what it means for China to become more powerful, not the "intellectual property aspect. Like what jurisdiction? The powerless UN? Is it "intellectual property" if we find a alien spacecraft and didn't ask the aliens for permission to reverse engineer it?

[monkdervierte@lemmy.ml]

I wonder how this site manages to load the stylesheet 1 second after the content?

[alphane_moon@lemmy.world]

I was also curious about this (it's rather surprising news). This seems like tankie misinformation.

The only somewhat relevant source was this article in SCMP from Jan 17th where a Shanghai party official called from partial lifting of internet restrictions in some areas.

That being said, it doesn't look like this went over well:

It is not clear when the post was put online but it was removed on Friday morning.

[voroxpete@sh.itjust.works]

"Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. I know of no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot."

[krompus@lemmy.world]

Freedomwall

[prox@lemmy.world]

Specifically, the Blackwall.

Pretty crazy how prescient Cyberpunk (and Neuromancer, etc.) are looking right now.

[daddy32@lemmy.world]

The shitheads have already threatened to use force against their allies in NATO and applied amnesty to participants in the coup attempt, so... Nothing is surprising anymore.

[k1nsey6@lemmy.world]

I'm looking for it, it was from a Chinese source.

[n3m37h@sh.itjust.works]

Thanks for the fix, was trying to remember the lines. I failed horribly

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

Sounds like very late stage capitalism to me....

They just did the speed run past us.

[m0op0o@mander.xyz]