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IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed a $70M contract for it

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Re: IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed a $70M contract for it

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When will people learn that companies will almost always sell stuff as long as it’s legal and profitable. They have no morals. If we declined into a dictatorship they would sell equipment for total surveillance and oppression. If we don’t make it illegal to pollute they will pollute if they think it makes money.

I’d be mad rich if not for my stinkin’ conscience. Doing evil is where all the money is, always has been. I need a pill so I can quite my conscience and get on with getting rich.

Nature knows no morals, so I guess acting without morals is a more natural state, thus provides fewer constraints.

Morals and ethics are purely human constructs, thus to follow your conscience is to be more human and less inhumane. That makes me feel good. Maybe we need a pill to improve one’s ability to hear their conscience.

Re: IBM promised to back off facial recognition, then signed a $70M contract for it

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

IBM's solutions are so ancient they are no longer considered technology.

What is IBM's competitive position? I always assumed they were in the assurance business. I.e. they have well tested systems with close support. Anyone with more insight?

They're one of the few, if not only, technology vendor that is willing to sell something with a written 6 nine's reliability guarantee (e.g. 99.9999% uptime and conformance with advertised specifications/features), or your money back.

No companies in SV, or Microsoft/Amazon, offer a single product that has that kind of guarantee, that I know of.

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