Microsoft president: Orwell’s 1984 could happen in 2024

Post by kbenson » Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:20 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #58

My personal version of 1984 is someone smashing random quotes from 1984 into my face, forever. Has nobody seriously read another book in the last few decades? And Microsoft's president even gives us a stereotypically shoddy reading of the book > "You know the fundamental story…was about a government who could see everything that everyone did and hear everything that everyone said all the time. " The actually interest…

Post by usmannk » Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:21 AM UTC

DSingularity wrote: post #69

pkdpic_y9k wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is SUCH a good point. This is exactly why I get all my news from HN. (not a good idea) Possibly related Noam Chimpsky paraphrased superaccuratequote - "Look at all the conflicts China is involved in, they're regional. They don't venture anywhere close to our territory. It's all posturing to coerce the obedience of their own population. Ultimately they represent no real threat and are being cast as a boogieman po…

Which context is that Chomsky quote from? The latter part makes no sense.

Post by judge2020 » Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:23 AM UTC

postpawl wrote: post #61

lsy wrote: post #32

It seems that some tech executives, having more money than any person could spend, often seek what they see as the next level of accomplishment, which is proximity to power and decisions over life and death. That shows up as this sort of militaristic nationalism along lines that conveniently happen to align with their claimed expertise. Of course neither of the executives interviewed in this article really knows that…

You don’t think AI is a “threat to democracy”? I think the threat isn’t just AI being used by governments to control citizens. Advertising companies want to influence behavior too, and their customers are mostly private corporations. They already have a lot of power and advertising is a $100+ Billion dollar industry for a reason.. it works. If you haven’t seen it, I’d encourage you to watch Can’t Get You Out of My He…

Post by insert_coin » Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:25 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #58

My personal version of 1984 is someone smashing random quotes from 1984 into my face, forever. Has nobody seriously read another book in the last few decades? And Microsoft's president even gives us a stereotypically shoddy reading of the book > "You know the fundamental story…was about a government who could see everything that everyone did and hear everything that everyone said all the time. " The actually interest…

Post by Aperocky » Thu, May 27, 2021, 4:29 AM UTC

Barrin92 wrote: post #58

My personal version of 1984 is someone smashing random quotes from 1984 into my face, forever. Has nobody seriously read another book in the last few decades? And Microsoft's president even gives us a stereotypically shoddy reading of the book > "You know the fundamental story…was about a government who could see everything that everyone did and hear everything that everyone said all the time. " The actually interest…