Every day cashiers accept $100 bills on the basis that they pass the counterfeit tests, and every day society has failed to collapse from what you posit is a "hazard to the social contract"

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satisfice 4 days ago | parent [-]

Wow… that’s your counterargument?

First you are confusing the passing of a test with the actual non-occurrence of crime. My point is that passing a test for counterfeit money doesn’t make passing counterfeit bills legally or morally acceptable. Your point is what? That the tests on $100 bills always work, or when they don’t work that’s okay?

Surely you don’t mean that. I’m saying that I reject your AI-soaked fake work product even if I can’t see anything wrong with the work itself— because lying and stealing is not okay, but that’s what you are doing when you pass AI work off as your own thing.

Lots of criminals believe crime is no big deal. I am not trying to convince them, nor you, if bullshit is your creed.

	▲	handoflixue 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe this is clearer? > Imagine if I handed you a $100 bill and asked you to examine it carefully. Is it real money? Perhaps you immediately suspect it is counterfeit, and subject it to stringent tests. Let’s say all the tests pass. Okay, given that it is indistinguishable from a legit $100 bill, is it therefore correct and ethical for me to spend this money? This "hypothetical" happens thousands of times a day at any retail outlet that accepts cash" - the cashier is handed a $100 bill, they carefully inspect it, and if all the tests pass, they accept it as a legitimate bill. A single additional $100 bill is meaningless in the grand scheme of things. I have already accepted hundreds of them in my life time - why should I feel any ethical concerns about this? So, yeah, when the tests don't work, that's okay? Or at least, it's not my problem. There's government agencies that deal with this, but the ethical issue is with the person making the bills and the obligation to act is on the government agencies. I have absolutely no obligation, and this is an established cornerstone of society. Whatever supposed "hazard" you have in mind is one that society is already dealing with, on a regular basis, and... again: society has not collapsed simply because retail shops accept cash