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So if Amazon implements a driver's license verification step, would it be equally "safe" as a dealership purchase?
by SteveNuts 3y ago
So if Amazon implements a driver's license verification step, would it be equally "safe" as a dealership purchase?
- renewiltord 3y agoThe subtle evaluations of a dealership salesman cannot be emulated by an automated system. Humans are superior to machines for evaluating other humans. Beware unintended consequences of deregulating. Society needs more regulation (written in blood), not less, especially in these trying times where corporations, with their outsize power, are trying to get direct access to consumers to exploit them. Systems like dealerships are load-bearing in society, designed to reduce the pressure of direct impact of large corporations against individuals.
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- seattle_spring 3y agoClaiming that dealerships exist to protect the consumer is akin to claiming Payday Loan processors exist to protect customers from big banks.
- saagarjha 3y ago> Humans are superior to machines for evaluating other humans. You mean humans will do a racism/sexism/classism when deciding whether or not to sell to someone or rip them off.
- renewiltord 3y agoAs recent studies have shown, automatic systems only encode our biases. Amazon has an extensive behavioral advertising and targeting business. Is it safe to let then extend this to something like this?
- Kirby64 3y agoIf your concern is that sales to unlicensed individuals would occur, it’s extremely easy to implement drivers license validation. How would that possibly encode biases during time of sale? They’re not going to change the price later just because you upload your license or whatever; if they did it would be transparent.