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If the alternative is fighting a war, there's a good case to be made for managed transition.
by vinceguidry 8y ago
If the alternative is fighting a war, there's a good case to be made for managed transition.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI may not sure how this comment helps with the current situation where people think that tools like facial recognition will lead into oppression. Are you saying we shouldn't worry because that oppression will fail in another 50-100 years? Let's just make sure the end of that oppression is well managed ?
- vinceguidry 8y agoI'm saying that if you want to actually solve a problem, a more sober outlook on the reasons why that problem is even a thing is going to be far more useful than impassioned, but undirected action. The author of the piece is calling for a ban on facial recognition tech. At what level should this ban be placed? Just the US? The Anglo world? Anglo-Europe? Worldwide? China seems to be leading the push here, and they don't seem to be all that interested in human rights arguments originating from the West. I know that nobody here really wants to deal with China's focus on collectivism over individualism, but it really does deserve a discussion. China has been grappling with the task of governing its immense population for thousands of years. How do you draw the line between governance and oppression? Even if we restrict our ban to the Anglo world or just the US, A ban on facial recognition tech can have the same kind of effect that banning psychedelics did back in the 70s. A ban means that we can't run social experiments. When we can't run social experiments, we can't actually know the effects. To implement a ban, a war must be fought. Even if it doesn't result in physical violence, you're still telling a lot of people they can't have what they want. If facial recognition tech results in oppression, we need to understand how.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI get your point.