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The abstract is definitely scary. But this could never get out of development, at least not with our current corpus of laws. The product designers and engineer
by civilian 11y ago
The abstract is definitely scary.
But this could never get out of development, at least not with our current corpus of laws. The product designers and engineers would quickly realize that there are hundreds of conflicting laws, and beta-testing would show that it would make life nearly unlivable.
Maybe it'd be a good thing, ya know? Instead of having selective enforcement of laws, we'll have the oppressive boot coming down on each and everyone's faces. That'll help smash the state.
- crpatino 11y agoThe really scare thought is that so called "beta testing" may happen in fairly unambiguous contexts, and the real problems will be discovered after wide scale deployment. As painful as it might be, it's straighforward to turn off a malfunctioning system that support a core business need. It is a whole new dimenssion to turn off a gizmo that gives you boneheaded interpretations of the law, but that comes with a preinstalled meta-rule that makes a felony to turn it off or tamper with it in any way. Imagine the amount of red tape required if each bug-fix required an executive order to be deployed!!!