An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills (old.reddit.com) 154 points by pabs3 4mo ago ↗ HN
[–] spondyl 4mo ago ↗ This is effectively a duplicate of this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362528I would also encourage taking a critical look at the underlying investigation as it seems mostly LLM generated without a huge amount of manual due dilligence
[–] [dead] profer602 4mo ago ↗ [flagged] [–] ranger_danger 4mo ago ↗ I think this is a classic slippery slope fallacy.- "allowing all races to vote will result in a collapse of civil liberties and social order" (1800s)- "banning alcohol will lead to an oppressive government that controls every aspect of private life" (Prohibition)- "universal healthcare will just create a death spiral of uncaring doctors and a bankrupt nation" (UK NHS in the 40s)- "putting a TV in every home will cause moral collapse and societal regression" (50s-60s)- "introducing nuclear weapons will inevitably lead to the destruction of the world" (Cold War)- "connecting everyone together with this 'Internet' will be the end of privacy and social order" (Al Gore)- "AI will turn against us and enslave us all"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope
[–] ranger_danger 4mo ago ↗ I think this is a classic slippery slope fallacy.- "allowing all races to vote will result in a collapse of civil liberties and social order" (1800s)- "banning alcohol will lead to an oppressive government that controls every aspect of private life" (Prohibition)- "universal healthcare will just create a death spiral of uncaring doctors and a bankrupt nation" (UK NHS in the 40s)- "putting a TV in every home will cause moral collapse and societal regression" (50s-60s)- "introducing nuclear weapons will inevitably lead to the destruction of the world" (Cold War)- "connecting everyone together with this 'Internet' will be the end of privacy and social order" (Al Gore)- "AI will turn against us and enslave us all"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope
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[ 930 ms ] story [ 385 ms ] threadI would also encourage taking a critical look at the underlying investigation as it seems mostly LLM generated without a huge amount of manual due dilligence
- "allowing all races to vote will result in a collapse of civil liberties and social order" (1800s)
- "banning alcohol will lead to an oppressive government that controls every aspect of private life" (Prohibition)
- "universal healthcare will just create a death spiral of uncaring doctors and a bankrupt nation" (UK NHS in the 40s)
- "putting a TV in every home will cause moral collapse and societal regression" (50s-60s)
- "introducing nuclear weapons will inevitably lead to the destruction of the world" (Cold War)
- "connecting everyone together with this 'Internet' will be the end of privacy and social order" (Al Gore)
- "AI will turn against us and enslave us all"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope