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Honestly terrifying. The potential for abuse is just to great (maybe not at the moment, but how long until the tech is perfected?). Imagine, for example, being
by PrimeMcFly 3y ago
Honestly terrifying. The potential for abuse is just to great (maybe not at the moment, but how long until the tech is perfected?).
Imagine, for example, being gay in a state that has harsh penalties for being so.
Or Theocracies that are not friendly to minority religions.
And that's just the more obvious examples.
- f6v 3y agoTruth be told, it’s possible to get information out of people without any of this. Simply by torture, like in Abu Ghraib.
- bugglebeetle 3y agoTorture is notoriously unreliable for retrieving accurate information. Abu Ghraib was just a reflection of America’s unthinking sadism on the global stage, not comparable to a mind reading machine.
- edgyquant 3y agoWay less efficient though
- JohnFen 3y agoAnd incredibly inaccurate.
- jstarfish 3y agoMind reading and thought crime are equal-opportunity problems. Godwin's Law really needs to be updated to account for the gay persecution complex. Any state that corrupt would have a cheaper and easier time just tickling you until you confess.