Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an...
by janalsncm on Thursday April 03, 2025 @08:24PM
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> Isn't this the same question as, "why should we allow general purpose computing?"
I don’t think so? It’s not illegal to call random people on your phone, but if you do it millions of times per day with a computer it can be illegal.
Re:An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat an...
by jMyles on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:03PM
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It seems to me that harassment is similarly offensive regardless of the degree of automation.
...and it's not obvious that transmitting bytes (within frequency and bandwidth protocols) is ever justly criminal; they are trivial to ignore.
Isn't this the same question as, "why should we allow general purpose computing?" If the technology of our age is our birthright, don't we have the right to engage whatever mathematics we find inspiring with its aid?
> If I draw a picture that in some way resembles Buzz Lightyear I am much less of a threat to Disney than an always-available computer program with a marginal cost of zero.
...that sounds like a good argument in favor of the always-available computer program.