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Both of my examples involve your neighbor using telecommunications to report you to the government. That a technology could be used to do bad things, is not a
by zardo 10y ago
Both of my examples involve your neighbor using telecommunications to report you to the government.
That a technology could be used to do bad things, is not a very good reason not to use it to do good things.
Would not providing automated suicide support prevent malicious use of sentiment analysis? Just because they use the same underlying technology doesn't mean one use causes the other use.
- imglorp 10y agoYeah. I guess it's more a social issue: if a tech can get abused to support the state's goals--we are quickly finding--that it will get abused. Quick example: Alexa has already gotten its first subpoena for a presumed private voice conversation in someone's home.