"we would not sell technology to the nazis would we? but before anyone else does, we wil sell to the nazis..." also "we feel obliged to think hard about this problem and take a longer-term view" pretty much means "fuck you we will do it and we dont care about your concerns". this machine kills.. it will collect data and will get you killed.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:47AM (#57485364)
People on Slashdot think too narrowly.
You cannot shut off China's totalitarianism. It's too well entrenched and the truth is many Chinese historically prefer a harmonious society rather than an American definition of a free one. The only way to change it is gradually.
If China doesn't have Google build this system, then they'll hire Alibaba or Tencent to do it. With Google doing it, an American company has the technology there, meaning there's an option to understand what is going on and possibly influence it. There is no option if Alibaba or Tencent does it.
Standing by morals to the point where you have no ability to implement your morals is just stupid and unethical.
Influence Google?? Lololololololol, exactly how do you propose that is going to happen? Google is found to be more evil every fucking year. We all know it. We talk about it. Some nerds whine about it. But absolutely no one outside Google has any influence whatsoever what happens inside google.
They are so deeply evil they make the scumbags at FB look righteous.
Thatâ(TM)s why a lot of responses here are misguided, China can make their own tech and will reject American influence peddling there, or data collection. This is a symbolic coin of some sort if it happens, part of a bigger deal...
If an american company is doing it, and has the technology there -- it just means that in 6 months to a year, all the Chinese companies will also have that same technology.
well google (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:well google (Score:1, Interesting)
People on Slashdot think too narrowly.
You cannot shut off China's totalitarianism. It's too well entrenched and the truth is many Chinese historically prefer a harmonious society rather than an American definition of a free one. The only way to change it is gradually.
If China doesn't have Google build this system, then they'll hire Alibaba or Tencent to do it. With Google doing it, an American company has the technology there, meaning there's an option to understand what is going on and possibly influence it. There is no option if Alibaba or Tencent does it.
Standing by morals to the point where you have no ability to implement your morals is just stupid and unethical.
Re: well google (Score:1)
Influence Google?? Lololololololol, exactly how do you propose that is going to happen? Google is found to be more evil every fucking year. We all know it. We talk about it. Some nerds whine about it. But absolutely no one outside Google has any influence whatsoever what happens inside google.
They are so deeply evil they make the scumbags at FB look righteous.
Re: well google (Score:3)
Thatâ(TM)s why a lot of responses here are misguided, China can make their own tech and will reject American influence peddling there, or data collection. This is a symbolic coin of some sort if it happens, part of a bigger deal...
Re: (Score:2)
If an american company is doing it, and has the technology there -- it just means that in 6 months to a year, all the Chinese companies will also have that same technology.
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Yeah, that's what every major company said about investing in China. Look where that got us: Tiananmen Square in the 80s.