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Sounds pretty god-awful to me. But it's certainly worth considering that this capability will exist in the next 20-30 years, for better or worse. Technology th
by mpalmer 2y ago
Sounds pretty god-awful to me. But it's certainly worth considering that this capability will exist in the next 20-30 years, for better or worse.
Technology this powerful is the bedrock of a successful hypothetical totalitarian state, a big prerequisite. What do we do once it's within reach?
- artificialLimbs 2y agoProtect the first and second amendments.
- candiddevmike 2y agoYou could argue the second amendment has gotten us here.
- artificialLimbs 2y agoI couldn't. Go right ahead.
- singleshot_ 2y agoSure. Under the second amendment to the us constitution of 1787, and through the intentionally inflammatory language of the Declaration of Independence, many believe that citizens are empowered to “throw off the yoke” of an oppressive government. But the knowledge that — in an emergency — we could break open the glass of the second amendment and regain our rights blinds us to the by-degrees ratcheting towards authoritarianism. Without the false promise of the ability to overthrow a profoundly evil government, we would be more aggressive against the immediate threats, knowing that once we got too far, there was no ultra violence route back. (This is not a great argument, merely the best I could make on no notice).
- dyauspitr 2y agoCities like London and a lot of larger Chinese cities already have the majority of the city under continuous surveillance. It’s only a matter of feeding that data into an LLM. It’s already within reach.
- moscoe 2y agoNo reason to think they’re not already doing it. Def not 20-30 years out.
- mpalmer 2y agoThe system Ellison describes is one where we know we're under surveillance at all times, so we behave. At the very least, that belief has yet to pervade Western society
- more_corn 2y agoWe are the ones who would know because we are the ones who would build it. We would at least know that someone is working on it, what it would take to implement and how long it would take to set up.
- quantified 2y agoThat makes no sense. How many Clearview devs post to HN and say what they're doing? So much work happens away from the public eye.
- rsoto2 2y agoEntire miniature cities are being erected for police training. Drones with recordings of babies crying are being used to lure and gun down people in israel.