But if someone drives a tank across that bridge and uses it to do something awful, that's outside the discipline, right?
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Replying to @brikis98
bridges have to be designed to support considerably more weight than the design goal.
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you're saying "there's all this stuff that can't be imagined or prevented" sure.
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but this article is saying there's a ton of failure scenarios that are obvious to people who have different life experiences
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and we can plan for those failures and engineer solutions or mitigations
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And trying to prevent all possible misuse could also squash the attempts at innovation.
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Innovation isn't sacred, and engineers are responsible for what they make, even if used with malfeasance.
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@EmilyGorcenski is much more knowledgeable about these matters than me. I’ve learned a lot by following her :)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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There are techniques in engineering used to assess and mitigate risk and constructively design prevention measures.
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There is no reason not to use them, aside from the fact that they take time and cost money.
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But if your budget cannot afford them, it is poorly planned. Ethical design requires earnest analysis of harms.
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