[ExI] Precautionary Principle rearing its ugly head

[efc at swisscows.email]

Is there any historical example of a technology or science that was ever 
stopped?

I mean even eugenics seems to just have changed shape in todays 
world, and I am absolutely certain in some places off the mainstream media 
radar, extreme experiments are going on right now.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Wed, 16 Aug 2023, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk0176
> 
> Given the prominence of this entry, I'm wondering if some members of this list might like to put in a well-researched response
> letter, for instance pointing out what has historically happened when people tried halting or slowing technological development to
> ask questions like these.
> 
> For particular example, asking if AI is "reversible" means to ask if people can be forced to unlearn what AI might inform them of. 
> (What other logical conclusion of "reversible" AI could there be, given its most famous use right now?)  The problems with getting
> social/political approval to force people to unlearn things apparently need explaining.
> 
>