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A company is not an inanimate object; it is a collection of people working towards a shared goal. A knife cannot be evil, but a company (or, if you wish to be p
by brendoelfrendo 1y ago
A company is not an inanimate object; it is a collection of people working towards a shared goal. A knife cannot be evil, but a company (or, if you wish to be pedantic, the people who make up the company) can be.
- derektank 1y agoWhat would a knife manufacturer have to do to be considered evil?
- text0404 1y agomake an AI-powered knife that wants to stab as many people as possible, then market and sell it to despotic regimes.
- Fezzik 1y agoMake knives that can only be used to kill people and solicit/provide the knives to bad actors who you know will use the knives for the purpose they were developed for?
- assword 1y agoThe manufacturer giving the knives out to government agencies explicitly so that they can stab civilians more efficiently
- brendoelfrendo 1y agoI mean, I kind of reject where this line of questioning is going; I consider most of Palantir's product line to be inherently unethical, so I reject the notion that they can be considered a simple tool manufacturer, like a knife manufacturer could be.