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t_von_doom
·há 2 anos·discuss
You’re very welcome to ask for clarification - I kept it abstract because there is a lot of grey area and it’s something we need to understand and discuss as technology and society evolves.

To spell out one such instance: I would like to live in a world where it is not trivial to depict and misrepresent me (or anyone) in a way that is photorealistic to the point that it can be used to mislead others.

Whether that means we need to outright prevent it, or have some kind of authenticity mechanism, or some other yet-to-be-discovered solution? I do not know, but you now have my goalposts.
t_von_doom
·há 2 anos·discuss
I would say the barrier to entry is stopping a lot of ‘candid’ unsafe behaviour. I think you allude to it yourself in implying currently it requires a professional to achieve the same results.

But giving that ability to _everyone_ will lead to a huge increase in undesirable and targeted/local behaviour.

Presumably it enables any creep to generate what they want by virtue of being able to imagine it and type it, rather than learn a niche skill set or employ someone to do it (who is then also complicit in the act)
t_von_doom
·há 5 anos·discuss
From the UK here:

Yes we all have a credit score - it's mainly used to measure your ability to borrow and repay debt and will influence whether a company loans to you and the interest rate on said loan.

It's not (yet) as aggressive as the social scoring system in China if that is what you were alluding to...

Do you not have a similar system where you are from? How would the above be decided for you?
t_von_doom
·há 6 anos·discuss
Just to follow up - as I think the person above was a bit harsh:

I am a Bowers and Wilkins user and have the same pain points as you, it's a recurring and daily issue that I'll listen to audio from a home based device (laptop, iPad) and then have to unpair/re-pair to my phone when I leave the house.

As a seamless wireless experience it falls short as it would be faster to have a wired set and simply plug it in to the device.

Same again when I come home and want to switch back. Apple cleanly solves this.

Whether that is worth a £200 premium on top of what I paid for my current cans is debatable, however if they can match or outperform the current NC family (PX, Bose QC, Sony MX4) I will be seriously considering them as my next pair