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Why not outright ban it?
by JasonFruit 5y ago
Why not outright ban it?
- zo1 5y agoCause it can be incredibly useful in solving a multitude of problems plaguing society, without making it a dystopian hell.
- nomdep 5y agoLike for instance? And please don’t say something related to guns, because that’s is just treating the symptoms and not the real problem.
- zo1 5y agoSpousal abuse, child abuse, bullying, shoplifting, restraining orders, any number of things. Automated surveillance and facial recognition have so many potential uses in solving the worlds ills that I am frankly baffled that we aren't trying to figure out how to use it "safely". Instead we're promoting fear propaganda and beating the drum of "privacy" without really thinking about it or justifying it.
- nomdep 5y ago1. Is not about privacy just because. Is about avoiding dystopian 1984-like repressive societies. Power corrupts. Give that power to a government and they will 100% use it to keep them in power and justify it with good intentions. 2. Could you please elaborate your first examples? I can’t see how that could work without (1)
- JasonFruit 5y agoI was more asking for examples of what AI solutions have achieved that is unambiguously good.
- zo1 5y agoIt's hard to find examples because of all the fear-propaganda surrounding facial-recognition and automated policing. But here are a few: https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/01/seoul_ai_bridge_rescue/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/01/seoul_ai_bridge_rescu... https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/27/facebook-ai-suicide-prevention/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/27/facebook-ai-suicide-preven...