alt Hacker NewsThe data isn't guns though. Guns aren't a dual use technology that have a nonviolent purpose. Data is. The same data that trains military drones can also be used to train the robot that will bring food to grandma when she's so old that she can't walk up the stairs anymore.
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Yeah but which use has more research funding behind it? We've always prioritized military uses and tech. The research landscape isn't flat.
> The data isn't guns though. Guns aren't a dual use technology that have a nonviolent purpose.
Counterexample, guns could be a (non-violent) hobby. I’m not pro guns or violence but just pointing out the logical issue here
Shooting guns for target practice is fun and non violent.
Guns feed families and protect people too.
They are dual use like all tech from knives to nukes.
They don't have equal weight.
Even 100s of yummy grandma-cheeseburgers is not worth feeding private data brokers detailed maps of our own communities.
Nowadays some of them are just as likely to sell the data to the other side.
Nowadays the other side may get access to them without us even knowing.