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Re:Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society by daenney on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:19PM (#26810126)
Laws aren’t immutable and right now this is just a proposal. We’ll have to see what its final form ends up being.

> will likely just result in technological stagnation.

Nothing in this stops any kind of research nor does it ban its use. It just limits how effortlessly you can invade people’s privacy and discriminate against them. It may very well help research in underinvested areas of AI, and it’s ethical consequences.

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Re:Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society by Aerroon on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @03:20PM (#26811791)
>Laws aren’t immutable

You could've fooled me. About the only thing that seems to change laws in places like the EU is when the courts decide to strike something down. Everything else seems to just go ahead the way the EU politicians envisioned. Consequences be damned.

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