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Argentina wants to monitor social media with AI to ‘predict future crimes’ (english.elpais.com)
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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, I've had it.

Every county seems to be actively trying to create their own distopia this year

From now on, no sci-fi until you can pass a reading comprehension test.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think Argentina was already there, but I get your point.

The problem is politicians tend to live in bubbles where they are protected from the consequences of their own actions and often are old and not particularly tech-savvy. So they get pulled in by things like AI and blockchain because they sound like having your cake and eating it.

The AI techbros go to them and promise them the world, they make it sound so great that the philosophers stone would be less attractive. The eagerly lap all this nonsense up and then we get announcements about pre-crime or something.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, I was talking about the tech-bros. They're the ones who shouldn't have access to sci-fi, or at least not the cautionary tales

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

1984 was never meant to be a guide damn it!

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

To be honest I'm pretty certain that none of them have actually read the 1984 they dont strike me as being particularly book orientated.

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

if they read more than the ticker on faux news, maybe they'd have more empathy.