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Good, let large powerful companies have robust internal debate. Suppressing it in the name of efficiency will lead to the kinds of terrible decisions industry is known for. Google is currently providing support for TensorFlow to assist the pentagon's drone assassination program. They ought to be taking a hard look at themselves.

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I might play devil's advocate from a, lessor of two evils, perspective and argue that supporting the Pentagon's use of tensorflow in this use case might lower the number of civilian casualties in a battle or wartime.

Extrajudicial killings aren't made legal by a half-assed Phil 101 utilitarianism argument.

They are still in violation of human rights, international law, in some cases laws protecting American citizens.

The argument you are espousing is the same one that justified the use of torture and the suspension of habeas corpus without anything to show for it.

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