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Re:Model Spec by option on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @04:45PM (#40302559)
nothing wrong with knowing how to make a bomb or heroin. Obviously wrong making either for nefarious reasons but one can imagine legitimate reasons too.
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Re:Model Spec by bayindirh on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @04:51PM (#40302604)
One man's legitimate is other's nefarious. One man's good is other's bad.

Who decides this? Can we apply laws to thoughts or plans? Should we fund research for making Minority Report a reality or increase "proactive policing"?

How to keep people safe while letting all information free? Can we educate everybody about good/bad, legitimate/nefarious so everybody stays on the same page forever? Shall we instrument this education with drugs to keep people in line like the movie Equilibrium?

Questions, questions...

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Re:Model Spec by beeboobaa3 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @05:34PM (#40302908)
> Who decides this?

Certainly not the techbros, even though they're trying their damnest.

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Re:Model Spec by bayindirh on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @05:59PM (#40303136)
I concur.
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Re:Model Spec by mrguyorama on Thursday May 09, 2024 @03:26PM (#40312037)
Who is stopping them?
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Re:Model Spec by bayindirh on Friday May 10, 2024 @04:27AM (#40316588)
Maybe the techbros should stop themselves by asking "Why?!" instead of "Why not?"
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