.. when A.I. has _nothing_ to do with consciousness?
Why isn't the more accurate term "artificial ignorance" used to distinguish itself on the day when "Actual Intelligence" is created / discovered?
Censorship is akin to sticking someone else's head in the sand in hope that the problem will go away.
Good luck with that.
What's true is that if the EULA says "you may do X only if you do Y", then nobody can force you to do Y, but then you also don't have the right to do X.
That's only true if you needed their permission to do X in the first place. The EULA can't unilaterally revoke your existing rights. Generally the enforceability of a EULA rests on copyright; if you're not doing anything that would violate the copyright, you have no need to agree to the EULA. (And—in the US—simply using media you already have a legal copy of is not a copyright violation; the "temporary copy inside the computer's hard disk or RAM" reasoning originally used to justify most EULAs was struck down ages ago, when the copy is essential to the use of the media.)
They concentrate and consume a disproportionately large percentage of the resources while producing similar amounts of work as everyone else.
You do realize that productivity is measured by economic value, right? Not by energy expended? If you're so sure that others making far more than yourself are doing similar amounts of work, why not apply for their position? You can do the job, right? Why wouldn't they jump at the chance to save a bunch of money paying you 2x instead of paying the current guy 10x? For that matter, why haven't they done this already? There's no shortage of people looking for work.
Perhaps there's more to the job than you realize.
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary." But men are definitely, definitely not angels. Libertarians think that if everybody else would just "wake up, sheeple!" they would be enlightened like them and of course would adhere to rules of common decency and fair play.
You're thinking of pacifists, or possibly communists. Libertarians are the realists in this scenario; we realize that humans are imperfect, and that, as a direct consequence of this, giving a select group of imperfect humans the practically unlimited power of government is not a recipe for a better world. ("Select" because, for the most part, they are self-selected as the most likely to abuse the position... one doesn't generally set out to become a politician out of the belief that people have the the right to live their lives peaceably without third-party interference.)
Libertarians are opposed to all abuses of power, not just those which originate from government. We oppose the government specifically because it embodies the systematic abuse of power, and, unlike other criminal organizations, maintains the pretense that its abuses are somehow "legitimate". That does not mean that we are OK with non-government entities violating others' rights, or think that in the absence of government everyone would "just get along". There will continue to be bad actors out there; we will still need to defend ourselves against them. But without government they at least won't have a ready-made system available to amplify their offenses and shield them from the consequences.
Nice find !
Well then, if we're talking about a subpoena rather than a warrant then that's an entirely different matter. Warrants are much more powerful in some ways, but for that reason are much more constrained. If you fail to turn over subpoena'd information without a very good explanation then you should expect the court to presume that it would have been as damaging as possible to your case, meaning you'll probably lose.
However, no one should ever face fines or jail time for simply refusing to comply with this or any other form of court order. The ability to hand out fines and jail time for "contempt of court" makes the courts much too powerful; this is a stark example of the "rule of man" rather than "rule of law" and has no place in a free society.
I was thinking more along the lines of
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If I walked into your office with a subpoena for Betsy in the next cube's car and you know she keeps her keys in her purse you are obligated to get the keys from her purse even though you don't own the car nor the purse.
If that is the actual legal situation (I have my doubts) then I can only say that the legal situation is mind-numbingly stupid. That would make a subpoena far more powerful than a warrant, with far less justification. No one should have that kind of power; the courts are no exception.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. -- James F. Byrnes
