Better still is to ask, “What are the benefits and harms of doing this rather than something else, including cascading consequences on to the indefinite future?” Which, of course, is murderously hard to answer in cases this far removed from direct consequences.
Which is what I meant when I said computer vision research was not distinguished. Although upon consideration I would weaken the claim to “not strongly distinguished”, which might still be enough to justify doing something else.
Better still is to ask, “What are the benefits and harms of doing this rather than something else, including cascading consequences on to the indefinite future?” Which, of course, is murderously hard to answer in cases this far removed from direct consequences.
Which is what I meant when I said computer vision research was not distinguished. Although upon consideration I would weaken the claim to “not strongly distinguished”, which might still be enough to justify doing something else.