"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.
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 influenc
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @09:38AM (#57485818)
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.
well google (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: (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 influenc
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.