So, the system they're NOT developing and not going to use to help one of the most evil governments on Earth oppress people is moving further along throught the development process and the testing is looking good? (or is that "bad" since it's intended for extreme evil?)
Note to Google: 70+ years after WWII, IBM is still thought of by many as evil because they knowingly helped the NAZI regime procees the paperwork in their oppression program. Rolling the dice on China ia a HUGE gamble. If China ends up as the
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @05:01AM (#57485008)
Considering the US itself is moving in the direction of an authoritarian regime, another way to look at it is that Google are simply preparing for a possible future. They'll already have the tech in place if they're required to suppress dissident notions.
You have two major figures in a political party outright calling for incivility and violence. You have many more people in that party calling for court packing or outright abolition of court oversight on pretty much every abuse of power imaginable. Smells like authoritarianism to me.
To be awake is to be alive. -- Henry David Thoreau, in "Walden"
Wait...WHAT? (Score:2, Interesting)
So, the system they're NOT developing and not going to use to help one of the most evil governments on Earth oppress people is moving further along throught the development process and the testing is looking good? (or is that "bad" since it's intended for extreme evil?)
Note to Google: 70+ years after WWII, IBM is still thought of by many as evil because they knowingly helped the NAZI regime procees the paperwork in their oppression program. Rolling the dice on China ia a HUGE gamble. If China ends up as the
Re:Wait...WHAT? (Score:1)
Considering the US itself is moving in the direction of an authoritarian regime, another way to look at it is that Google are simply preparing for a possible future. They'll already have the tech in place if they're required to suppress dissident notions.
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You have two major figures in a political party outright calling for incivility and violence. You have many more people in that party calling for court packing or outright abolition of court oversight on pretty much every abuse of power imaginable. Smells like authoritarianism to me.