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How fast can an algorithm be put together to find evidence of mental health issues via social media posts and then trigger a waterfall of rights removals? It c
by stevenicr 5y ago
How fast can an algorithm be put together to find evidence of mental health issues via social media posts and then trigger a waterfall of rights removals?
It could be easy to argue that society may be better off without those folks having rights.
Flagged as mental -
- loose free speech - blocked from posting on networks, email capabilities removed via isps, library and cell phone companies.
- Flagged so can not purchase firearms
- soldiers may now be sent to watch over you in your place or residence/work
- things you have said in the past and things you know can be studied - search history, alexa/assistant stuff - you can not hide what you know.
- You could wait for a jury trial but never be able to see your accuser, it's a bot written by a very good professor/doctor - a jury of your 'peers' would be people who have never been red-flagged as problematic social media posters.
- civil trials would be auto-lost because the bot would know you are bad.
- would it be cruel punishment to be cut off from all things digital? no dating, friends, family, food orders, rides..
It seems you can slay the bill of rights pretty quickly simply using a digital footprint.
I read a submarine article today pushing for the expansion of background checks for rights that did not include a bunch of 'other side info' that should be discussed.. it can be easy for something to be right and be used for the wrong reasons or in the wrong way.
I've also seen news where 'they' are asking social media companies to hand over info to try to prevent offline violence as one solution to things -
at what scale does this become weaponized mass destruction? a thousand people? ten thousand?
Of course people will lose their right to vote, maybe parenting rights and all sorts of others.
All from a twitter rant.
This is actually where we are right now I guess.
The goldwater rule mentioned in the article may need to be codified into national law to prevent these kinds of things from running amok.
- korethr 5y agoJust reading that, my skin crawls and I can feel the nucleation of an icy fear in the back of my mind. Not just no, but Hell Fucking No. I argue that those genuinely arguing for such a system fail to realize just how quickly it can and will be weaponized against themselves.
- 99_00 5y agoIt wouldn't happen because it would not serve any establishment, elite, or entrenched group's interests. Unless the mental health algorithm was cover for flagging political opponents. But there wouldn't be any support for such a system. Mental health has a problem with having too low a profile, not too high. So there isn't motivation to do this. Labeling opposing political groups as scary extremists is easy, gets public support, time tested.
- heavyset_go 5y agoPeople who express thoughts of self-harm or suicide on social media can experience something very close to this.