Post #3062496
2026-05-18 00:45 UTC
@strange_new_words@tenforward.social @gwcoffey@mastodon.social Actually no, I don't believe technology is value neutral. You made that up as a straw man to attack after a leap of illogic from what I actually said.
You are using words like "agency" and "bias" as attributes of tools, as if they have intentions and freely choose to take actions following their own values and perspectives, for which they alone are responsible. Only conscious, autonomous beings (so far just humans, not their tools) have these attributes.
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@dan_kn@mastodon.social 2026-05-18 00:56
@strange_new_words@tenforward.social @gwcoffey@mastodon.social Computers are reductionist like the alphabetization and mathematization of reality that makes them possible. Centralization of decision-making based on extraction and aggregation of local data is a form of reductionism that precedes computing — it's a feature of states and empires dating back 5000 years. It has more to do with the structure of communication networks, literacy, and bureaucracy since ancient times. Yes, the point is control over nature, people, time.