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Excuse the hyperbole, I don't want to judge, I just genuinely think it's an interesting dilemma. Would you write software needed to support a genocide? Would y
by MatekCopatek 6y ago
Excuse the hyperbole, I don't want to judge, I just genuinely think it's an interesting dilemma.
Would you write software needed to support a genocide? Would you consider someone complicit if they did? I'm assuming no and yes, but where do we draw the line? How much bad stuff can I do in the name of professionalism before I should start worrying about moral aspects?
- koheripbal 6y agoI'm honestly trying to imagine what kind of software would be needed to commit genocide...
- MatekCopatek 6y agoThere's a book called IBM and the Holocaust[0] covering one such example from WW2. I really meant anything where you are fully aware that your work will directly cause people to suffer. Like someone asking you to run a simulation to determine where to drop a bomb for the highest death count. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust