[jkxyz]

"To effectively contain a civilization’s development and disarm it across such a long span of time, there is only one way: kill its science." - Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem

This immediately made me think of the Sophons silently manipulating the sensors of particle accelerators to prevent humanity from developing advanced knowledge of particle physics.

[delichon]

The level of oppression necessary to get software geeks to stop making progress on AI is similar to that necessary to get Ukrainian geeks to stop making progress on drones.

[NewJazz]

Even if our oppressors are ineffective, we must still resist them and not underestinate them.

[xyzsparetimexyz]

Not so sure those things are equivalent

[sometimelurker]

unless you could convince them that making smarter-than-human AI is bad. it would be nice if we all thought this. instead they should figure out how to make dumb models faster or more efficient, that's safe

[mylifeandtimes]

and my mind went to the current US administration. Sigh. You made the better choice.