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>such computer systems would be able to think for themselves, scouring huge amounts of data, including satellite imagery, with a speed and accuracy beyond the c
by flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago
>such computer systems would be able to think for themselves, scouring huge amounts of data, including satellite imagery, with a speed and accuracy beyond the capability of humans, to look for signs of preparations for a missile launch
Replace "a missile launch" with "a peaceful protest" and the statement suddenly becomes dastardly.
The increasingly authoritarian Chinese government would absolutely adore a technology like that, I am sure of it.
- ddalex 8y agoBut the Chinese already do this, it's just not that automated, and it relies on vast amounts of cheap manual labour. Or you don't think the internet filters itself at the border of China.
- vntok 8y ago> Government-sent postmen would be able to walk past every single door in the country every morning and [deliver mail]. Replace "deliver mail" with "look through the windows and write down what they see" and the statement suddenly becomes dastardly. See what I did there? I took an random situation and made it instantly negative and big-brotherish just by invoking an imaginary narrative. Conspiracy theories just don't help advancing arguments.
- jMyles 8y agoI think you're being unfair. You've conflating the much simpler task of changing the label with a much broader change (ie, throwing away the entire practice in favor of a completely different and more difficult one). Which do you honestly thing is more realistic and more consistent with what we know of the history of the state?