[hershel]

There's a basis in reality for those. many powerful technologies have been used in the fast for "evil".

[sophacles]

I would go further and say "all" rather than "many". However there is the real question of: on the balance - does this help more than it hurts.

Additionally just the very act of being concerned about misuses helps mitigate them.

[n09n]

And many have been used for good. The technology itself doesn't have any will of it's own. People just use it. And people do both good and evil.

[Raphael]

Until it does have a will of its own.

[n09n]

Not likely. We're software developers, not soulware developers.