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by sjtrny 4323 days ago
You misunderstand the type of algorithms being developed and tested for this challenge.
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History shows us that virtually all imaging related research is rapidly applied to military and government surveillance efforts. However general the algorithms, the direction these technologies are helping to take society does seem fairly clear at this point. I do not argue there are no good, peaceful uses, merely that major uses are oppressive and that current era actors in this space do not have good records on morality nor a lack of extensive, zero public oversight opportunity to abuse this research to negative social ends.