Post #3899225
2026-07-18 00:27 UTC
@ori The technology can't exist without the people who make it is exactly why I and many academics have noted for many years that technology is not neutral because it is embedded with our values.
We can critique it on that front on whether it is good or bad. Saying technology is not neutral highlights the people and society in which that technology is built in.
"The technology itself can't be evaluated morally without the context it exists in."
That's what it means to say tech isn't neutral
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@ori@hj.9fs.net 2026-07-18 00:30
But my point is that it's not embedded with our values. You can keep the technology, change the context, and the values "embedded" in it change. And that makes it more dangerous -- if you believe it was embedded with the creator's values, then it would be a great deal safer; it would be harder for someone adversarial to pick it up and run with it, and use it to harm people. Because it's neutral, you can't just consider our values, but the values of every possible person that could pick it up and run with it. CC: @OliviaVespera@spacey.space