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Actually I like drones - my point is that no matter how smart it appears, software's still a pretty simple system doing what you told it to do. With what May

Actually I like drones - my point is that no matter how smart it appears, software's still a pretty simple system doing what you told it to do. With what May wants, she will hatch a world where she can put you anywhere (video + ML to implant you), or hell just post online in your id, she can sign it and make it legal in a lot jurisdictions (because she poked a big fat hole in the crypto we use) and then she can use it as a big club on you - she can also control what you see on the internet, meaning she can easily make sure you see only what she wants you to see - and how long do you think that set of tricks really stays secret with 'her' - my point is it's hard enough to get this right, I think at the end of the day Arthur C. Clarke once again had the essence of it - let the 'smart' machine (I rate the internet as a very smart machine) do it's job, keep that job straightforward, the side effects are potentially horrendous.

anigbrowl 9y ago
You will grow old and die while you are waiting for the general population to learn moral reasoning and com e to its senses. Hackers need to understand that political fights are not won by logic and persuasion because most people don't like thinking. Most people want to have a Good Time when they're young, then Settle Down, Raise Kids, and retire to enjoy a Quiet Life. For the majority of people political issues are an unwelcome distraction from that unchallenging life script and trying to get them all fired up and thinking like you do is guaranteed to be a waste of time.
- ygaf 9y ago
  Yes, these posts aren't connecting with the general populace because the truth is too inconvenient, not because they suffer from any incoherency.
  - anigbrowl 9y ago
    That's part of it, but it's also a failure of communication. We need to do a better job of appealing to people's emotions as well as their reason.
    - ygaf 9y ago
      I was trying to be sarcastic. Even the OP's second post, is half very insightful (as to May and the future) half irrelevant tangent about machines.

anigbrowl 9y ago

You will grow old and die while you are waiting for the general population to learn moral reasoning and com e to its senses. Hackers need to understand that political fights are not won by logic and persuasion because most people don't like thinking. Most people want to have a Good Time when they're young, then Settle Down, Raise Kids, and retire to enjoy a Quiet Life. For the majority of people political issues are an unwelcome distraction from that unchallenging life script and trying to get them all fired up and thinking like you do is guaranteed to be a waste of time.

ygaf 9y ago
Yes, these posts aren't connecting with the general populace because the truth is too inconvenient, not because they suffer from any incoherency.
- anigbrowl 9y ago
  That's part of it, but it's also a failure of communication. We need to do a better job of appealing to people's emotions as well as their reason.
  - ygaf 9y ago
    I was trying to be sarcastic. Even the OP's second post, is half very insightful (as to May and the future) half irrelevant tangent about machines.