My point is that for example with a knife or gun, the only free variable is the human using it, not the technology itself. Thus the meme approximated an important truth. It’s when we impart intelligence and agency that the meme starts to become very wrong, as we now need to consider another free variable, the technology itself.
So in order for technologies themselves to be risks, they need to be essentially agentic and intelligent in order to become a free variable for risk, rather than the humans wielding them becoming risks.
My point is that for example with a knife or gun, the only free variable is the human using it, not the technology itself. Thus the meme approximated an important truth. It’s when we impart intelligence and agency that the meme starts to become very wrong, as we now need to consider another free variable, the technology itself.
So in order for technologies themselves to be risks, they need to be essentially agentic and intelligent in order to become a free variable for risk, rather than the humans wielding them becoming risks.