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Would we be better had we never harnessed electricity, built a computer, or designed a camera? If the social conscience of technology depends on whether or not
by lanaius 12y ago
Would we be better had we never harnessed electricity, built a computer, or designed a camera? If the social conscience of technology depends on whether or not something can be used for bad intentions, why pursue anything? Farming advances raise armies, should we blight the land? Your response is erudite, elitist, and short-sighted. The poster is not "of course, correct" -- fire fell into the wrong hands as well and yet the world has continued to be an awe-inspiringly amazing place.
- contingencies 12y agoI assure you, your optimism is entirely misplaced. There is only one major application large enough to take advantage of large scale research in to video interpretation of this genre, and it is surveillance. If you look at the changes in recent society, we have little alternative but to believe further global militarization of air, space, and sea under the benevolent governance of large corporations and pretend-democratic nation-states. As population rises, quality of life deteriorates and pressure on resources expands still further, in all probability, this work will power their tools of oppression, first and foremost.