Let’s use AI to stop fentanyl at the border and keep it from killing Americans – Over 70,000 Americans were killed by fentanyl… [More]
Sorry, but I have the same reaction as when I read “killed by guns.”
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Notes from the Resistance
“Let’s use AI to stop fentanyl at the border and keep it from killing Americans”
The phrase “Deus ex machina” comes to mind.
Computers do two things. They fetch instructions and/or data. They execute the instructions upon the data. That’s all. End of story. They do that from the time they’re turned on until they’re turned off. But they do it almost incomprehensibly fast and thus give the impression of godlike powers to those who haven’t seen the man behind the curtain.
“And their ain’t any ghosts in that engine!” — Jake Holman in “The Sand Pebbles”
Their is a difference between guns and Fentanyl. A firearm REQUIRES a human to operate it in order for it to be harmful. Fentanyl does not. Even incidental, accidental exposure can be fatal. And no other person need be present. It can be easily disguised or mistaken for something else. A gun is difficult to disguise. Fentanyl and other such chemicals pose a huge risk to the unwary and innocent.