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> Each of these transitions caused big problems. None of these problems have ever been completely solved. But each time we found mitigations that limit the impa
by golemotron 2y ago
> Each of these transitions caused big problems. None of these problems have ever been completely solved. But each time we found mitigations that limit the impact of any misuse.
This a problem with all technology. The mitigations are like technical debt but with a difference. You can fix technical debt. Short of societal collapse mitigations persist, the impacts ratchet upward and disproportionately affect people at the margin.
There's an old (not quite joke) that if civilization fell, a large percentage of the population would die of the effects of tooth decay.