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AurelioB | 5 years ago

Sure, makers should always be responsible & accountable for how a system behaves, but this seems like a textbook Hanlon's razor example

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HarryHirsch|5 years ago

People generally misunderstand Hanlon's Razor. It's immaterial if someone is evil or just stupid, the only thing that matters is that they should not be making decisions about other people.

(Charles Williams' All Hallows' Eve is an extended meditation about just that.)

splistud|5 years ago

Well if it's stupid, and not evil, they weren't making a decision, right?