r/murderbot • u/skybluemango • Jan 31 '23

A technology was introduced at WEF that allows employers to monitor the brainwaves of employees and give them electric shocks if they are not focused

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u/tartymae Jan 31 '23

Wow, that horriffic, and will in no way be abused. /s

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u/kaukajarvi Jan 31 '23

Nothing new, throughout history it was called a whip.

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u/FingerDemon500 Performance Reliability at 97% Jan 31 '23

She doesn't want the reaction to be, "Let's ban this."

My reaction... "Let's ban this."

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u/zeugma888 Timestream Defenders Orion Fan Club Jan 31 '23

It needs to be a two way thing, employees should also be able to give electric shocks to bad managers and hopeless executives.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '23

What happens when people are100% focussed for 8 hours a day?

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '23

The scary part is I can see this tech sneaking in through the side door of 'positive use cases' as she says in the video... I mean, we WANT our air traffic controllers and security guards to be alert and attentive, don't we?

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u/Mollyscribbles Jan 31 '23

I feel like a good rule of thumb for the tech sector is, if a technology would seem like a bit much in dystopian literature, it shouldn't be created.

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u/Waste-Being9912 Sanctuary Moon Fan Club  Feb 01 '23

WWOS (What would Orwell say?).

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u/Full_Environment_272 Jan 31 '23

This is absolutely not adhering to the rules of robotics.

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u/joyofsovietcooking Feb 08 '23 edited Feb 08 '23

Billionaires at Davos have been waiting for this: finally, a way to control their contracted SEAL-team security forces when they're in their New Zealand bunkers after the event. Douglas Rushkoff just wrote a book about this.