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  • Look, I’m not saying that I support these Big Brother-type companies, but if the cop is just gonna follow the instructions on their computer and not even think for themselves, then we should cut out the middleman. Flock should send tickets directly to offenders. You’re far less likely to get shot that way.

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    What recourse could an AI company possibly have over someone? Negative social credits.
    Run a stop sign? Social credit goes down. Rob a Walmart? Social credit goes down. Murder someone? Social credit goes down, but more. Safely follow all road laws? Fuck you, this counter only goes down. Have low social credit? Believe it or not, social credit goes down.

    How do we use these social credits to keep society in line? Public registry. Look up why anyone has their social credit score. Filter by thefts at Walmart and buy those people beers.
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    But seriously. If the Justice system is willing to automate and outsource police work, then get those fucking cops off the streets.




  • I feel that “don’t bother to comply” is perfectly fair language. The article talks about misleading self-assigned scores, links that don’t actually provide information, useless reported price ranges, and other shady practices.

    The reason this deserves to be a big story is that this wasn’t even a matter of hardball or softball; the law practically set the ball on a tee and the manufacturers are refusing to swing while saying “yeah, I hit it out of the park.” These laws exist to address the shitty, shady practices employed by most manufacturers, and they can’t be allowed to get away with more shitty practices when the requirements are so low. If we wait for them to follow the law only when there are more regulations to follow, then we, the customers are going to be left playing whack-a-mole with even more violations when we could have already at least put offending manufacturers on notice.

    Anything less than calling this shit out right now is gifting shitty manufacturers and shady politicians the ability to later throw their hands in the air saying, “these are too many requirements all at once. How is anyone supposed to understand all this???” And then, instead of pressuring companies to fall in line with the standards, the laws and standards will be reduced, and the consumers will lose yet again.

    Disclaimer: I doubt anyone cares, but I know my views as an American are likely far more skewed, but I’m still a consumer who benefits from your laws, even though my country is one of the greatest offenders of deregulation. If you don’t wanna end up like the USA, don’t go after your manufacturers with kids’ gloves like we did. They’re multi-billion dollar companies with big boys and girls working there whose entire pay scale justification is to deal with this kind of shit. Make them do their jobs.