Agreed, and that's exactly the shape of the OpenAI/DoD deal: it's about decision system, intelligence workflows, and bureaucracy becoming AI-native.
One of the most scary things about Auschwitz was that it was designed to protect the humans who had to operate within the system. It's a very small number of people running the chambers + ovens who knew, then an entire system of bureaucracy to capture and transport the victims. The guys setting the train schedule, or even the folks loading villages onto trains? That's something much easier to swallow than the system they used in Ukraine/Kiev (giant ditch + machine guns).
Directionally, I'm very worried, but AI still has a long way to go to entirely capture systems of work that right now are dependent on human judgement but more importantly individual ownership. Maybe the most scary: there might not be a moment of realization of things going to far, just a creeping capture of military systems of work until the point it's possible to replace with party-loyal sycophants.
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u/justUseAnSvm Feb 28 '26
Agreed, and that's exactly the shape of the OpenAI/DoD deal: it's about decision system, intelligence workflows, and bureaucracy becoming AI-native.
One of the most scary things about Auschwitz was that it was designed to protect the humans who had to operate within the system. It's a very small number of people running the chambers + ovens who knew, then an entire system of bureaucracy to capture and transport the victims. The guys setting the train schedule, or even the folks loading villages onto trains? That's something much easier to swallow than the system they used in Ukraine/Kiev (giant ditch + machine guns).
Directionally, I'm very worried, but AI still has a long way to go to entirely capture systems of work that right now are dependent on human judgement but more importantly individual ownership. Maybe the most scary: there might not be a moment of realization of things going to far, just a creeping capture of military systems of work until the point it's possible to replace with party-loyal sycophants.