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It is to America’s great fortune that her technological innovations are not passed by committee. In particular, polls always capture the status quo. Other thing
by arjie 5mo ago
It is to America’s great fortune that her technological innovations are not passed by committee. In particular, polls always capture the status quo. Other things that were widely unpopular: interracial marriage, gay marriage. And especially for technology, public opinion led to the stalling of fission power in the US.
So hurray for ignoring the majority of people. I’m glad people can offer other people services in a generally neutral way without needing to pass a committee.
- mlsu 5mo agoStubbing my toe fucking sucks, but perhaps the fact that I think it sucks is actually evidence that it is secretly a good thing!
- Der_Einzige 5mo agoThis but unironically
- red_hare 5mo agoThis is an insane take. Also wrong, gay marriage had 60% support before Obergefell v. Hodges.
- megaman821 5mo agoPolls like these always remimnd me that I need set up a investing strategy that does the opposite of public sentiment.
- arjie 5mo agoAmusingly, I actually tried something like this using /r/wallstreetbets and there was no signal I could extract on a sufficiently small scale. Far dominated by Trump antics and rate actions. Perhaps others will have better luck.
- audran_marid 5mo agoInterracial and gay marriage were not "wildly unpopular" "technological innovations". What an extraordinary stretch to try to tie the in-fact deeply unpopular, job-destroying and wealth-concentrating AI boom to human--HUMAN--rights victories.
- BruSwain 5mo agoThis is definitely a take.
- Karrot_Kream 5mo agoEveryone is going to dislike this comment because you're cutting across two different polarized groups and comment sections rarely champion the middle ground.
- hk__2 5mo agoAlso because it’s factually false, and it’s doubtful to compare human rights and AI.
- delis-thumbs-7e 5mo agoEveryone is going to dislike because the opinion is moronic, frankly. Should we compare emancipation of slaves to a toaster next?
- MiguelVieira 5mo agoThroughout the 1960s a majority of Americans did not think the Apollo moon missions were worth the cost.
- Jtarii 5mo agoSlavery is currently wildly unpopular in the US. Does that mean that the public is therefore wrong and slavery will be making a comeback soon?
- pesus 5mo agoThis comment is a fantastic example of AI-proponents' hubris, delusion, and fundamental lack of understanding of humanity these days. Great work.