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Think of how much electricity is spent on cryptocurrency grifting, training state of the art AI so that it can help trick the elderly into clicking on ads, dist
by sk2020 6y ago
Think of how much electricity is spent on cryptocurrency grifting, training state of the art AI so that it can help trick the elderly into clicking on ads, distributing porn, and streaming videos of kids eating tide pods. I think that eclipses the cost of developers using Rails or Django for their server backend.
I don’t think we have a problem with the “how” as much as the “what” or “why”.
- t0astbread 6y agoGenerally agreed but I don't think "distributing porn" compares to the other examples given. There's definitely a subset of porn that treats involved parties fairly and doesn't pose ethical problems. Demonizing porn as a medium only pushes it into a moral grey zone which benefits harmful entities because there's less public awareness of their actions.
- webmaven 6y ago> Demonizing porn as a medium only pushes it into a moral grey zone which benefits harmful entities because there's less public awareness of their actions. ObNitpick: I think porn is a genre rather than a medium.
- t0astbread 6y agoYou're right, I wasn't sure what to call it but "genre" is probably more fitting.
- sk2020 6y agoI can’t think of a much less productive use of one’s time than masturbation.