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In some cases, people will pay you for making things that help them hurt or exploit other people. It could be argued that this constitutes making the world a wo
by avz 5y ago
In some cases, people will pay you for making things that help them hurt or exploit other people. It could be argued that this constitutes making the world a worse place.
For example, you could get paid by criminals to make ransomware or by an ad company to flood users with ads or by a cryptocurrency company for building tools that facilitate money laundering and tax evasion or by a government to create a database of dissidents and protesters or by a toy company to use ML to generate fake reviews...
- WalterBright 5y ago> people will pay you for making things that help them hurt or exploit other people I should think that running a criminal business was outside the scope of what I was talking about.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoSome of them are not at all criminal. The war machine is always looking for a few good men.
- selfhoster11 5y agoWhat about social media? The division, damage to politics and mental health, those are also forms of harm even though they are legal. What about fossil fuels?
- WalterBright 5y ago> The division, damage to politics and mental health, those are also forms of harm even though they are legal. What happens when those in power decide that your views are harmful and should be suppressed?