Summary:
- This article discusses the "Tyrant Test" which is a framework to evaluate new technologies and determine if they could be used by authoritarian governments to oppress their citizens.
- The Tyrant Test looks at whether a technology could be used for surveillance, manipulation, or control of the population by a tyrannical government.
- The article explains how applying the Tyrant Test can help ensure that emerging technologies are designed with safeguards to protect human rights and democratic values.