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I'm generally inclined to agree with your first statement, but not very sure what's the point of your second statement. There was a 50/50 chance 100 years ago

I'm generally inclined to agree with your first statement, but not very sure what's the point of your second statement. There was a 50/50 chance 100 years ago that discoveries in chemistry or physics were immediately weaponized. I'd say GP's analogy still holds, yeah?

JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
Even a decade ago, I'd be all onboard seeing computer science as "advancing humanity." Lately not so much so. Maybe the comparison to phsyics is appropriate. We have reached the "nuclear weapons" age of computer science where we need programmers to make ethical stands, lest we severely damage the human condition.