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This has to be about people who pushes the button. Not about the people who invents the technology. Otherwise you might want to stop all the kitchen knifes prod
by avaika 2y ago
This has to be about people who pushes the button. Not about the people who invents the technology. Otherwise you might want to stop all the kitchen knifes production, cause people occasionally use those to kill each other.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoNo there is a very clear difference of responsibility between creating an instrument that can be turned towards harm and one that is designed to cause it. Someone designed, engineered, and built these tools knowing this is what they were to be used for.
- ncallaway 2y agoOkay, but if the tool is a weapon and is designed specifically to inflict harm on humans, then I think that analogy completely breaks down.
- kubectl_h 2y agoIt should be about the entity who brings something like this to a market and profits off it. In this case a corporation.
- energy123 2y agoIf you're an engineer or a scientist, you really should have a more developed understanding of causality than just "proximate cause is the only cause" mindset that we all learn before we reach 5 years old.