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by MichaelZuo 965 days ago
Which part don't you get?
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I don't see why we should be coming up with a definition of freedom/agency in the way you have suggested. People are free to create what they want to but should be constrained in their ability to impose those on others.
How would you 'constrain' them if they are free to create technology that bypasses or remove those same constraints?
Deployment constraints. There is no need to constrain the development or research.
So then people can't have agency or freedom to bypass those 'deployment constraints' right?
I am not sure where you are going with this. If there is a politician/a company that has developed mass surveillance or manipulation tech I would not want them to have the freedom to bypass the 'deployment constraints'.
Picking what types of agency people/organizations must have and what types they must not have is a pretty shaky endeavour, philosophically. It might not even be possible to prevent 'cross contamination'.