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Yup. And a great example of the clickbait dystopia we live in. Dishonesty reigns in the public sphere.
by elefanten 5y ago
Yup. And a great example of the clickbait dystopia we live in. Dishonesty reigns in the public sphere.
- infogulch 5y agoIt's interesting, the difference is only in the intent, the technology itself doesn't express any preference between these headlines.
- munk-a 5y agoBut, intent is everything. "Man forces widespread epidemic of cutting on society at large" vs. "Biden advocates for nationwide vaccination" are similarly not particularly distinct at a technical level but quite different headlines. Well, unless you're an anti-vaxer then I suppose they are identical in multiple ways.
- barbazoo 5y agoWhat does "Man forces widespread epidemic of cutting on society at large" even mean?
- munk-a 5y agoMan encourages people throughout society to be jabbed with pointy things? My two examples are meant to be alternative ways to describe the vaccine rollout but one with the intent removed and replaced with a sensationalized headline. You could describe getting vaccinated as being cut, it isn't entirely incorrect, it's just extremely misleading.
- ttt0 5y agoIn case of technological progress, intent is nothing.
- javajosh 5y agoThe kindest thing I could say about the clickbait version is that it has the ring of a riddle. I'm sure I'm not the only one who took a moment to consider what it could really mean. Although, that in-and-of-itself is making it effective at garnering attention, just via a different psychological route! That said, the verb phrase "hunt down" is an important part of the "color" that, if you were describing it to a computer you'd leave out.
- excalibur 5y agoAssuming the technology will not be used for nefarious purposes seems incredibly naive
- jwhitlark 5y agoWhat's the nefarious use of finding someone who is already screaming?
- munk-a 5y agoLocating winning lottery tickets?
- harimau777 5y agoEliminating survivors
- Steltek 5y agoThere needs to be a name for comments that are so sociopathic and terrifying that I jump in my seat. HN seems to do this more than Reddit, which is also disturbing.
- grogenaut 5y agoIsn't one of the hottest movies right now about monsters that kill anything that makes a noise?
- heavyset_go 5y agoSuppression of dissent.
- dash2 5y agoMore generally, listening and detecting human speech and intent has plenty of military uses, and they are the main buyers of drones. It seems quite common for technologists to come up with humanitarian justifications for what is really new military hardware.
- mycologos 5y agoNot to pick on this comment too much, but people's quick trigger to label something "dystopia" contributes to this dishonesty. Editors write headlines like this for the same reason people like "dystopia" -- it's usually inaccurate, but it gets attention.