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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by reaperducer on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:35PM (#22174860)
Can you think of a single technology that society has successfully rejected?

Eugenics?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics

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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by sillysaurusx on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:40PM (#22174892)
Heh. That was the first thing that popped to mind too. But it might be best to avoid the topic.

Still, genetic engineering is marching ever-closer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAhjPd4uNFY

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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by pfdietz on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:20PM (#22175273)
Genetic screening, and abortion of defective fetuses, is a thriving industry.
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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by henryfjordan on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:50PM (#22175508)
Is Eugenics a technology or just the targeted application thereof? We openly practice breeding programs with plants and animals, we just don't like doing it to humans.
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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by chii on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @10:23PM (#22177019)
It's still there, but only under the guise of various social "norms", like always marry up or across.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortative_mating and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogamy_(sociology)

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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by civilian on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @05:58PM (#22175088)
I mean, I'm pretty interesting in doing embryo selection on my future children. Eugenics on my own family, if you will. I agree that it's wrong to apply eugenics to others without their consent!
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Re:Clearview AI is struggling to address complaints as its l... by craftinator on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:21PM (#22176563)
> I agree that it's wrong to apply eugenics to others without their consent!

Others, like people who are not you? I think your future children fall into that category. How will you get their consent?

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