[mortb]

Some ten years ago I relalized that the tech industry has little regard for what the socetietal consequences of tech developments will be. Since then work has not been fun in the same way. For example, social media fun to use, but when you think about it, it is just using our human vanity and desire to be seen to gather as much data from us as possible to use in ways that the users will never imagine. These uses of will not be in best intrest of the users, but of the business that collect the data. I foresaw that giving away strong encryption for free, will give criminals the tools they need to build there own empires. My thesis was proved by encrochat. Of course that service was exposed, but of course theere will be new ones, harder to crack. As for AI the dice has been rolled, no way to put it back. We have been taugth that it is fun to develop new technology, that progress is good and to earn as much as possible. Who teaches us to philosophize about the consequences? Wouldn't it be better if our developments were saving the world and our human race? We are tapping the life out of our planet.

[smitty1e]

> tech industry has little regard for what the socetietal consequences of tech developments will be

How much is 'enough' regulation?

Without exactly refuting you or The Famous Article, the ditch on the other side of the road is a sterile, risk-managed wasteland.

[konschubert]

Social media doesn’t primarily exist to gather data.

Social media companies’ primary mission is to keep people hooked auch that they can show them more ads. The data collection and targeting is ok order to better target these ads.

There is no big conspiracy to somehow do something unimaginable with that data

[drewcoo]

Social media exists so that profits can be made from advertising. And that implies the gathering of data.

Invoking the word "conspiracy" is a cheap way to dismiss any argument. No conspiracy was asserted by the GP. And any time there is hidden information and people are similarly motivated it can appear to be a conspiracy. This could be why whenever I play poker everyone else at the table seems to be conspiring to take my money away . . .