[jammygit]

Counterpoint from the article:

> The threat that facial recognition poses to human society and basic liberty far outweighs any potential benefits. It’s on a very short list of technologies — like nuclear and biological weapons — that are simply too dangerous to exist, and that we would have chosen not to develop had we had the foresight.

[easytiger]

> like nuclear ... simply too dangerous to exist

False equivalence aside, that's a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of civilisation there

[dijksterhuis]

Here’s a great idea - let’s invent a time machine to enable us to have that foresight!

Oh wait, hold on, now we can see what that person is going to do next Tuesday. Let’s stop him doing that thing.

Same problem, different hypothetical technology.