Looking forward to you alternative for the precautionary principle. Also, research doesn't make policy. Lastly, we already have sex robots, they're called vibrators and fleshlights.
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Replying to @whvholst @puellavulnerata
alternative to precautionary principle is "not having paranoia" P.S.: Nobody has proven that you can't parrot-basilisk people via an animated gif, so we should be really cautious about pixels on screens
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I will stick to the precautionary principle, thank you very much. But by all means, do enjoy the asbestos in your cornflakes. Fibre is good for your health, I have been told.
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Replying to @whvholst @puellavulnerata
health effects of asbestos are known, so it is an entirely different affair. unlike hypothetical (not fully implausible) "LCD screen + carefully calculated moving picture" basilisk attacks on humans, perils of sexbots, or any other vaguely spooky thing PP is invoked towards
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Regulation of asbestos was fought tooth and nail for decades. Just like tobacco. We naked apes are piss-poor at grokking long-term risks versus short-term benefits. Preacautionary principle is helpful in this regard.
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I think it is entirely possible to regulate known and proven hazards without succumbing to ridiculous unmitigated paranoia of "what if GMOs go frankenstein a hundred years from now" and "what if computer toys can in fact cause violence"
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and PP sets absolutely no upper bound on paranoia. Shit, someone who's really good at rule-lawyering could probably defend horseshit like Pascal's wager based on precautionary principle
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tbh language clearly received even less vetting for security vulnerabilities than your common or garden variety IoT umbrella stand
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