The angle makes complete sense if you understand it: A reason that “AI” automation is bad is because it labels blind 70-year-olds as dangerous.
aleq@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Automating this system with some kind of algorithm is not right, but a nearly blind 70-year-old can still do damage?
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
entwine413@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Blind 70 year olds can still be dangerous. Being blind and old doesn’t prevent that.
They’re not saying that offloading the responsibility to an algorithm is good, they’re saying it’s weird to assume a person is harmless based on nothing but two attributes.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I agree on a general basis that it’s bad that these kind of decisions are offloaded to an AI. A human should be the one to consider whether the blind 70 year old is dangerous, because they definitely can be.
Operating a vehicle or weapon requires neither eyesight nor a clear mind if you don’t intend to do it safely.
entwine413@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I know for a fact they’ve released “harmless old men,” who basically instantly go out and kill someone.