[ExI] facial recognition software

[MB]

SR, you remind me of Chapter 22 of The Bell Curve, where the authors
lament the changing of the world - where people who are less intelligent
are unable to find their place.  What they said is true: everyone needs a
valued place in our world, but it's become too complicated for any but the
coginitive elite to properly cope with. And that it would only get worse.

I remember the pain I felt when I read that chapter, way back in 1995, and
how I wept for I identified with those who would have no place in the
world if things continued as they were.

Regards,
MB

On Sat, June 13, 2020 16:39, SR Ballard via extropy-chat wrote:

>
> Every year there are fewer jobs for true misanthropes. Loggers are no
> longer solitary. Trappers barely exist as most skins are farmed. Hunters
> are supplanted by commercial farms. Less fire-watch as there are less
> forests and more satellites. Small towns die and big cities explode.
> Manual jobs are supplanted by technology and service jobs.
>
> What do we do with all the stupid people? Is stupid a disability now? I
> ask because there are people who apply to work with me (fast food) who are
> literally too stupid to take orders, make desserts, and pour drinks. It’s
> crazy common.
>
> These are things I am very concerned about. Normal things are increasingly
> criminalized. I don’t find it to be a good thing. Being an asshole
> shouldn’t be illegal. Being stupid shouldn’t be illegal.
>
> I really am concerned that when we are making and imaging the future that
> we’re only making spaces for people like ourselves or who we wish we were,
> and forgetting about everyone else.
>