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if you make a thing and the thing is going to be inevitably used for a purpose and you could do something about that use and you do not --- then yes, it exists
by ajkjk 9mo ago
if you make a thing and the thing is going to be inevitably used for a purpose and you could do something about that use and you do not --- then yes, it exists for that purpose, and you are responsible for it being used in that way. you don't get to say "ah well who could have seen this inevitable thing happening? it's a shame nobody could do anything about it" when it was you that could have done something about it.
- anonymars 9mo ago> you...could have done something about it What is it that isn't being done here, and who isn't doing it?
- ajkjk 9mo agoIn this case we're debating whether one of the purposes of AI is to scan the elderly. Probably 'purpose' is not quite the right word, but the point would be: it is not the purpose of AI to not scam the elderly (or it would explicitly prevent that). (note: I do not actually know if it explicitly prevents that. But because I am very cynical about corporations, I'd tend to assume it doesn't.)
- jychang 9mo agoYeah. Example: stripper poles. Or hitachi magic wands. Those poles WERE NOT invented for strippers/pole dancers. Ditto for the hitachis. Even now, I'm pretty sure more firemen use the poles than strippers. But that doesn't stop the association from forming. That doesn't make me not feel a certain way if I see a stripper pole or a hitachi magic wand in your living room.
- wizardforhire 9mo agoTo be fair to the magic wands, thats why “massagers” were invented in the first place. [1] [2] [3] [1] https://thefactbase.com/the-vibrator-was-invented-in-1869-to-cure-female-disorders/ https://thefactbase.com/the-vibrator-was-invented-in-1869-to... [2] https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/maines-technology.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/ma... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria
- irishcoffee 9mo agoAnd I'll go out on a limb and say the first person to use a pole resembling a fire pole in the fireman vs stripper debate was probably the stripper!
- pluralmonad 9mo agoI'm super confused what harms come from stripper poles and vibrators. I am prepared to accept that the joke might have gone right over my head.
- ajkjk 9mo agoI don't get the jump either but it was certainly lateral enough to be amusing
- blibble 9mo agohow many front rooms have you walked into that had a stripper pole? (also: what city? for a friend...)
- ajkjk 9mo agoi've seen it in NYC a few times. Pole dance is a fairly common fitness hobby. there are plenty of gyms/studios for it also.