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Re:Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry by 93s6oz on Friday April 05, 2019 @05:13AM (#19580928)
That is polarising. An extreme take. I haven't seen anybody make the argument that trans people should be killed. Just that men should not be able to use women bathrooms. In this case, that's the argument. Turning it into something like that is not going to help anybody.
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Re:Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry by TimothyBJacobs on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:44AM (#19583016)
The OP didn't say the counter argument was that trans people should be killed, but that they shouldn't exist. You are taking the take to the extreme.

Routinely, trans people are treated as an entity that should not exist. Or a disease or condition that should be rooted out. Not a valid identity.

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Re:Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry by pjc50 on Friday April 05, 2019 @05:41AM (#19581027)
> I haven't seen anybody make the argument that trans people should be killed

Brunei?

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Re:Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry by sadris on Friday April 05, 2019 @08:14AM (#19581730)
Think their law applies to homosexuals, not transexuals.
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Re:Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry by mike00632 on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:28PM (#19585579)
If I were trans I don't think I would take my chances of them making a meaningful distinction.
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Re:Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry by matt4077 on Friday April 05, 2019 @05:36AM (#19581008)
It’s polarizing only if you accept the you-should-die part one of the poles, which is sort of the problem I was getting at. I would characterize it more as reductio ad absurdum.
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