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• M3L0NM4N 3y ago
  Engineers may not even realize the scope of what they’re contributing to. That was not the case with Nazis.
  • graphe 3y ago
    Engineers at Facebook don't think they're slurping up BIG data? You make it seem so unknown or abstract for engineers today, claiming that Nazis knew the "scope" with no evidence, as if engineers knew the millions they were killing.
  • thejohnconway 3y ago
    Well, low-level Nazis often said they didn't know the scope. The question is whether that is plausible given your position.
  • zzzzzzzzzz10 3y ago
    In both cases they have/had incomplete information but I'm pretty sure they know what is/was going on more or less
  • rightbyte 3y ago
    There is a ongoing more or less "AI" automated alleged genocide. There is no "we didn't realize the scope" excuse to be made. The engineers at the spyware vendors know their employers hand over data.
• bheadmaster 3y ago
  Engineers are fungible. Disobeying the management can only cause job loss for the engineer, and won't change a thing in management. The logic of punishing engineers comes from the false belief that engineers can all somehow synchronize their actions (through some kind of collective consciousness?) and coordinatedly disobey their supperiors in order to teach them a lesson. The world doesn't work that way and you know it.
  • 23B1 3y ago
    Prison guards are fungible. Disobeying officers can only cause imprisonment, and won't change a thing in leadership. The logic of punishing prison guards comes from the false belief that soldiers can all somehow synchronize their actions (through some kind of collective consciousness?) and coordinatedly disobey their supperiors in order to teach them a lesson.
    • bheadmaster 3y ago
      That doesn't even make sense. What exactly are you trying to say? Please use sentences and explanations instead of links and analogies.