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Is it ethical to work on general-purpose robots given the risk of cyberhacking?

AI safetyRemoteEA Forum

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The query is a philosophical ethics question about general-purpose robots and cyberhacking risks, not a request for information about a candidate organization. No organization can be identified from the prompt. The custom source notes that hacked general-purpose robots could reduce friction for totalitarian regimes, potentially enabling oppression if millions were hacked and armed[custom-ea-forum-rss]. Related search results discuss AI risks like rogue agents, data sold for robot training, and AI safety as a pressing societal challenge[1][3][10].

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6/30/2026

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