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> If you know your software will increase emissions to illegal levels, and still write it, you are culpable. Again a first order effect > If you write softwar
by slededit 8y ago
> If you know your software will increase emissions to illegal levels, and still write it, you are culpable.
Again a first order effect
> If you write software for autonomous cars that is not foolproof at detecting pedestrians, you are culpable.
Again a first order effect connected directly with the immediate goal.
However if you write communications software and people use it to say bad things, those are second order effects. You provided communication software that works as advertised and has beneficial purposes. Others misused it.