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Hmm, I don't really follow that calculus.

I guess the way I look at it are the odds of my child being abducted are one in a 300,000. On the other hand, a significant portion of the world (30%?) lives under oppressive regimes. So there's that.

That's such a huge margin that I have trouble understanding any other way of looking at it.



So do you believe that restricting the use of this tech in the US would prevent oppressive regimes from using it? Or even slow them down?


I certainly believe that [it would slow them down]. Firstly, I think the odds of America becoming a repressive regime, though low, are much higher than the 1/300,000 chance of a particular child being abducted... Remember, the US had a criminal president in the 70s.

Secondly, I think allowing this technology in America makes it more tolerated in other countries. Perhaps facial recognition in public should be banned by international treaty.


Why would that be true when the US has actively propped up bad regimes again and again for realpolitik reasons?




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