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::The problem is not the technology but the mentality, the people who want to own weapons. That reminds to the discussion about the NRA in the USA. Theoretically it is correct that weapon itself are no problem but the people using them. However in real life the availability of weapons increase violence and a social climate of fear. You can even see it at the US police officers. Potential racist tendencies alone could never explain this. There is a reason why those officers always hold their gun ready: on top of the general frustration that leads to police violence, there is the specific fear of getting shot on duty. | ::The problem is not the technology but the mentality, the people who want to own weapons. That reminds to the discussion about the NRA in the USA. Theoretically it is correct that weapon itself are no problem but the people using them. However in real life the availability of weapons increase violence and a social climate of fear. You can even see it at the US police officers. Potential racist tendencies alone could never explain this. There is a reason why those officers always hold their gun ready: on top of the general frustration that leads to police violence, there is the specific fear of getting shot on duty. | ||
:: The murder rate (per 100.000 per year) in USA is 5. Germany has 0.7. USA has vast areas with low population numbers therefore a second look at cities is helpful. [[wp:List of cities by homicide rate|Detroit has a murder rate of 40]] while [[wp:de:Tötungsrate_nach_Ländern#Liste_der_Tötungsraten_2013_für_ausgewählte_Großstädte|Berlin has 1]]. | :: The murder rate (per 100.000 per year) in USA is 5. Germany has 0.7. USA has vast areas with low population numbers therefore a second look at cities is helpful. [[wp:List of cities by homicide rate|Detroit has a murder rate of 40]] while [[wp:de:Tötungsrate_nach_Ländern#Liste_der_Tötungsraten_2013_für_ausgewählte_Großstädte|Berlin has 1]]. | ||
::The obvious interpretation is that availability of weapons creates crimes out of an existing potential of violence. Therefore it should be task of politics to ensure social freedom by improving financial security (“minimum wage”), health insurance, integration of migrants, refugees and ex-inmates, and strongly promote education, so that the mentality of insecurity and hence the desire to own weapons – and therefore the potential misuse of 3D printers – is greatly reduced. Besides the rebuild of classical firearms (ghost guns) there will be also the creation of [https:// | ::The obvious interpretation is that availability of weapons creates crimes out of an existing potential of violence. Therefore it should be task of politics to ensure social freedom by improving financial security (“minimum wage”), health insurance, integration of migrants, refugees and ex-inmates, and strongly promote education, so that the mentality of insecurity and hence the desire to own weapons – and therefore the potential misuse of 3D printers – is greatly reduced. Besides the rebuild of classical firearms (ghost guns) there will be also the creation of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwHRjgVWFno coil guns] which are quite silent and don't need chemical gun propellants. Some polices downplay the emerging threat as they don't want to wake up sleeping dogs. Given incremental progress in 3D printing, AI-assisted design, capacitors and batteries, the techs will have matured so much around 2040 that the problem can't be ignored any longer. | ||
:* [[wp:Organ_printing|Bioprinting]] a.k.a. tissue engineering (boosted by [[wp:Telomere|telomere regeneration]], [[Bertram_Navarre#Will_reality_soon_outrun_fiction.3F|cell conversion]]) (problems: biological immortality, overpopulation, potential social destabilization) | :* [[wp:Organ_printing|Bioprinting]] a.k.a. tissue engineering (boosted by [[wp:Telomere|telomere regeneration]], [[Bertram_Navarre#Will_reality_soon_outrun_fiction.3F|cell conversion]]) (problems: biological immortality, overpopulation, potential social destabilization) | ||
:** True reason why biological immortality is not intended: it is simply difficult to maintain because very cost-intensive. | :** True reason why biological immortality is not intended: it is simply difficult to maintain because very cost-intensive. | ||
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** [https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/new-startup-deepdub-emulate-voices-interview-1234610164/ Deepdub] | ** [https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/new-startup-deepdub-emulate-voices-interview-1234610164/ Deepdub] | ||
** Adobe demonstrated a powerful voice synthesiser. | ** Adobe demonstrated a powerful voice synthesiser. | ||
*** [https:// | *** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3l4XLZ59iw&t=221s VoCo at Adobe MAX in 2016] | ||
*** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB7upq8nzIU Technical explanation] | *** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB7upq8nzIU Technical explanation] | ||
:: Apparently Adobe censored itself, they did not release the software and told the public that they would use it for dubbing their own tutorial videos. -- This somewhat reminds about the development of AI where the big tech companies like Microsoft argue that AI research should be restricted. However, the difference is that simultaneously AI research is pushed by those companies. It gives the impression of a pretextual argument to keep down further competition. | :: Apparently Adobe censored itself, they did not release the software and told the public that they would use it for dubbing their own tutorial videos. -- This somewhat reminds about the development of AI where the big tech companies like Microsoft argue that AI research should be restricted. However, the difference is that simultaneously AI research is pushed by those companies. It gives the impression of a pretextual argument to keep down further competition. | ||