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> We should not judge the potential of a technology only by the worst-case scenario for which it may be used. That's exactly how we need to judge any important
by pdkl95 11y ago
> We should not judge the potential of a technology only by the worst-case scenario for which it may be used.
That's exactly how we need to judge any important technology. This is a basic part of making things that "fail safely".
- eggy 11y agoThe word 'only' means not to exclusively judge it in that manner; it does not exclude risk analysis and mitigation. By your statement's logic, banish or redesign the kitchen knife, and put the genie back in the bottle, since it is a technology that can be used in very bad ways in a 'worst-case scenario', and it is hard to make it 'fail safely'.