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Re:Yann LeCun quits Twitter amid acrimonious exchanges on AI... by webmaven on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:25AM (#23701674)
> The assumption that science and technology is inherently ethical has unfortunately led to dangerous ideas over the past 150 years.

I think that the underlying assumption is that science and technology are inherently neutral (which isn't true) and that neutrality would be inherently ethical (which also isn't true).

Re:Yann LeCun quits Twitter amid acrimonious exchanges on AI... by whymauri on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @12:52PM (#23703637)
Yeah, I think you've hit the nail on the head better than I did.