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> And furthermore, even nuclear bombs had a plausible ethical use (end the war sooner). Some things have no real ethical use. At least in some cases inventors
by matkoniecz 4y ago
> And furthermore, even nuclear bombs had a plausible ethical use (end the war sooner).
Some things have no real ethical use.
At least in some cases inventors are unethical to invent some things.
- jl6 4y agoSure, and those are what I think are the extreme scenarios. What I’m saying is that nearly all scenarios are not so extreme and not so easy to judge.
- matkoniecz 4y agoI would consider working on improving spyware for adtech as similar "definitely evil", though with massively smaller impact. Or working on better ads for scammers. Or trying to invent legal loophole to enable something evil.
- spurgu 4y agoOr giving an edge to the small player in the field with a better product trying to get it to the masses.
- matkoniecz 4y agoI would not treat it as self-evidently evil.
- spurgu 4y agoThat was my point.