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Re:IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition o... by unishark on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @03:57AM (#23464678)
I suppose so. But isn't that view a cynical one also? It's not a moral stand if it's to your benefit.
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Re:IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition o... by baddox on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @12:31PM (#23468070)
I don’t understand why it would be a problem if making a moral choice is also advantageous for other reasons. In fact, surely we should strive to arrange society in such a manner that these things align.
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Re:IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition o... by unishark on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:12AM (#23486017)
But we don't have such a society today. So there's a distinction between those making a sacrifice and those that are not.
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