Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine

Posted on AllSides December 27th, 2020
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The doomsday machine was never supposed to exist. It was meant to be a thought experiment that went like this: Imagine a device built with the sole purpose of destroying all human life. Now suppose that machine is buried deep underground, but connected to a computer, which is in turn hooked up to sensors in cities and towns across the United States.

The sensors are designed to sniff out signs of the impending apocalypse—not to prevent the end of the world, but to complete it. If radiation levels suggest nuclear...

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/12/facebook-doomsday-machine/617384/

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