> In this case most of the authors do not understand the consequences of the tool
Because you do? That's my point: engineers believe that because they have some understanding of how machine learning works (and in my experience, usually it is very limited...), they can conclude that they understand the consequences of it. Simple example: the Facebook "like" function, that was supposed to be positive ("oh nice, I got likes"), and actually increases addiction and is mostly negative ("oh no, why did I not get likes?"). Clearly those who implemented the first likes had not realized what consequences they would have.
> Technology is responsible for almost every single good thing in the world today.
If you have a very limited view of the world, I guess it could be. I like trees, flowers, bees, birds, mountains, snow. Can you tell me which ones come from technology? Let me help you: most of them are threatened to die in this century because of technology. For most living species, every single improvement technology is bad news. To the point where it is now globally becoming bad news for humans, because it's quite likely that we will get into global instability, wars, and famines in the next few decades because of technology. Think about it when we start having billions climate refugees, and think about how you were dismissing opinions contradicting your beliefs based on the fact that you understand some implementation detail.
But let's even ignore the fact that the next few decades will most likely get pretty bad for us. It is true that right now, we live longer, we have more food (and obesity problems), and we can cure many diseases that we could not in the past. Does that mean we are happier? Happier than whom? Vikings? Ancient romans? Ancient greeks? That question seems closer to history and philosophy... why does your opinion count then? Are you historian/philosopher?
Because you do? That's my point: engineers believe that because they have some understanding of how machine learning works (and in my experience, usually it is very limited...), they can conclude that they understand the consequences of it. Simple example: the Facebook "like" function, that was supposed to be positive ("oh nice, I got likes"), and actually increases addiction and is mostly negative ("oh no, why did I not get likes?"). Clearly those who implemented the first likes had not realized what consequences they would have.
> Technology is responsible for almost every single good thing in the world today.
If you have a very limited view of the world, I guess it could be. I like trees, flowers, bees, birds, mountains, snow. Can you tell me which ones come from technology? Let me help you: most of them are threatened to die in this century because of technology. For most living species, every single improvement technology is bad news. To the point where it is now globally becoming bad news for humans, because it's quite likely that we will get into global instability, wars, and famines in the next few decades because of technology. Think about it when we start having billions climate refugees, and think about how you were dismissing opinions contradicting your beliefs based on the fact that you understand some implementation detail.
But let's even ignore the fact that the next few decades will most likely get pretty bad for us. It is true that right now, we live longer, we have more food (and obesity problems), and we can cure many diseases that we could not in the past. Does that mean we are happier? Happier than whom? Vikings? Ancient romans? Ancient greeks? That question seems closer to history and philosophy... why does your opinion count then? Are you historian/philosopher?