Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by gfmio » Thu, May 09, 2019, 8:59 PM UTC

Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)
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Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by basicplus2 » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:22 PM UTC

You'll take my general purpose computer from my cold dead hands!

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by blakesterz » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:23 PM UTC

Someone might want to add "2012" to this title.

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by nixpulvis » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:29 PM UTC

basicplus2 wrote: post #2

You'll take my general purpose computer from my cold dead hands!

Or maybe they'll slowly replace it, while you lie dying in bed unaware as to the problem.

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by inimino » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:30 PM UTC

I've been thinking about this article a lot in the last couple years. It felt slightly alarmist at the time but seems prescient now.

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by api » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:32 PM UTC

inimino wrote: post #5

I've been thinking about this article a lot in the last couple years. It felt slightly alarmist at the time but seems prescient now.

Virtually every alarmist article from the past 50 years about mass surveillance, tech lockdown, etc. seems prescient now. Today's surveillance capitalism exceeds the wildest fever nightmares of 1990s shortwave radio conspiracy nuts.

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by webmaven » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:40 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #3

Someone might want to add "2012" to this title.

Or [2012].

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by jstewartmobile » Thu, May 09, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

api wrote: post #6

inimino wrote: post #5

I've been thinking about this article a lot in the last couple years. It felt slightly alarmist at the time but seems prescient now.

Virtually every alarmist article from the past 50 years about mass surveillance, tech lockdown, etc. seems prescient now. Today's surveillance capitalism exceeds the wildest fever nightmares of 1990s shortwave radio conspiracy nuts.

"shortwave radio conspiracy prophets"

There, corrected it for you.

Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 09, 2019, 10:04 PM UTC

jstewartmobile wrote: post #8

api wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Virtually every alarmist article from the past 50 years about mass surveillance, tech lockdown, etc. seems prescient now. Today's surveillance capitalism exceeds the wildest fever nightmares of 1990s shortwave radio conspiracy nuts.

"shortwave radio conspiracy prophets" There, corrected it for you.

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Re: Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011)

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Post by narrator » Thu, May 09, 2019, 10:29 PM UTC

When AI gets smart enough to do bad things there will definitely be a lockdown. What happens when you can program your robot to commit crimes for you? You won't be able to load certain types of programs by law. They are already doing this with geofencing for drones.