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Hmm, I don't really follow that calculus. I guess the way I look at it are the odds of my child being abducted are one in a 300,000. On the other hand, a signi
by alexandercrohde 8y ago
Hmm, I don't really follow that calculus.
I guess the way I look at it are the odds of my child being abducted are one in a 300,000. On the other hand, a significant portion of the world (30%?) lives under oppressive regimes. So there's that.
That's such a huge margin that I have trouble understanding any other way of looking at it.
- cwalv 8y agoSo do you believe that restricting the use of this tech in the US would prevent oppressive regimes from using it? Or even slow them down?
- alexandercrohde 8y agoI certainly believe that [it would slow them down]. Firstly, I think the odds of America becoming a repressive regime, though low, are much higher than the 1/300,000 chance of a particular child being abducted... Remember, the US had a criminal president in the 70s. Secondly, I think allowing this technology in America makes it more tolerated in other countries. Perhaps facial recognition in public should be banned by international treaty.
- pretendscholar 8y agoWhy would that be true when the US has actively propped up bad regimes again and again for realpolitik reasons?