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Opaque algorithms making government decisions have many of the disadvantages of human bureaucrats but with a veneer of objectivity that obscures the even greater danger they pose to human freedom and flourishing.

Even if it's politically impossible to get an incumbent human, they'll pass away eventually. A (potentially progressive) changing of the guard is guaranteed.

Where are the mandatory retirement dates for algorithms?

stanford prison experiment, toxic masculinity 

@punsandpotions yeah it's... frustrating when people try to make it about human nature...

@LottieVixen@dev.glitch.social I'm so glad you're getting to know local people, hun!

I just had a thought about how it's weird that all fictional hive-minds generally still have some queen or overlord
or other building-sized entity. How about a hive-mind with no social ranking whatsoever? Just a bunch of (cute) drones wandering about contently building some giant city somewhere or something?

The only problem I can think of is when they get a phone call and the person on the other end asks for the one in charge.

silly 

@kellerfuchs @rey *rolling stops, lizard tangled up between you too*

woops~

silly 

@rey @kellerfuchs *wriggles too, making my trajectory completely unpredictable... until I smash into rey and go tumbling down to the ground ontop of you two!*

silly 

*attaches my tail to the ceiling with magnets, then swings around*

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