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A Boring Dystopia

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Cool, cool cool cool. Nothing dystopian about that at all.

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[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why are you doing evil work..? Like... Why develop these tools that will so obviously be used to worsen our lives?

[–] False@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Gotta eat. Blame the system that creates this incentive not some individual wageslave

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but you can choose how to earn ypur living. It is unlikely they cannot do amy other job.

[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I think coming out of an MBA, this is one of the less harmful jobs. I'd rather not be in consulting or investment banking or sales or big tech.

[–] guy@piefed.social 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] False@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I feel like there's a big difference between snatching people off the street and making ad targeting smarter. Yeah they both suck, but orders of magnitude here.

[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago

making ad targeting smarter

The word you're looking for is "spying".

[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

when these types of tools are used to decide whomto snatch I hope that is cold comfort

[–] guy@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes of course, but the excuse is the same

[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can use a knife to open a box or open a person. Are these things the same because I used the same tool?

[–] guy@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm not American so I don't know the tools ICE uses and if social listening or whatever it is called is one of those tools. But if your reasoning for opening the box and the reasoning for opening the person is the same.. well it's the same. Different outcomes, same reason

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I agree but at the same time, in a different thread who's topic specifically is shaming a company for working on the white house, people are foaming from their mouths that someone is working for Trump and downvote anyone who disagrees. The double standard is just mine blowing.

[–] Saarth@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I've been working mostly on the analysis side of things, currently I do this for a consumer goods company.

And yes I do it to make a living. Got hired as an analyst in this field out of MBA and stayed in this. Also being chronically online and familiar with social networks helped.