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Developing an offensive weapon is different than working on domestic surveillance technology. Personally, I prefer a world where China has big-brother technolo
by losteric 8y ago
Developing an offensive weapon is different than working on domestic surveillance technology.
Personally, I prefer a world where China has big-brother technology that the US does not.
- bdhess 8y agoFacial recognition isn't exclusively a domestic surveillance technology. For example, it could be deployed at national borders, with satellite imagery captured in combat zones, and so on.
- gnode 8y agoNuclear weapons have minimal potential for domestic use, short of a geographically partisan civil war. Facial recognition conversely has huge potential for domestic use, and arguably little potential for foreign use in a major conflict. If anything, I would say it's only potential for use in conflict would be to improve the ability to quash resistance in an occupation, which is more destabilising to global security.
- candiodari 8y agoAbsolutely. An offensive weapon might be used to unfairly isolate and target innocent people. Domestic surveillance will be used to unfairly isolate and target innocent people. We all know this to be true. Therefore we should be much less apprehensive about developing offensive weapons.