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We're already getting this particular dystopia with computer vision systems. The systems aren't particularly good, but that doesn't entirely matter to the peopl
by wizzwizz4 3y ago
We're already getting this particular dystopia with computer vision systems. The systems aren't particularly good, but that doesn't entirely matter to the people setting them off: their target lists aren't particularly well-curated either. We're a few hundred years past the point where technology is ever the bottleneck when it comes to making people dead.
Extract from Self-Driving Issues by Randall Munroe. https://xkcd.com/1958 https://xkcd.com/1958
> "I guess it's just that most people aren't murderers?" "Oh, right. I always forget." "An underappreciated component of our road safety system."