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		lifeisstillgood on Sept 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI launches $1 billion face recognition project `Isotope seperator - plague kit` I assume this is downloading nuclear bombs or viruses? And that means that we need AI to monitor us constantly in case some idiot kills everyone?

Daniel_Newby on Sept 7, 2012 [–]

Yes. If your household fabricator can make arbitrary machinery, you can say "Make me a uranium-235 enricher."

thornofmight on Sept 10, 2012 | [–]

Any sci-fi book recommendations where I can read about this sort of thing?

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