‘I did not foresee at all the social-media application, nor its impact on society': Inventor of the CMOS-based image sensor on how a technology designed to take photos in space has changed the way we view the world
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CMOS sensors went from space hardware to the substrate of social media and surveillance — a reminder that general-purpose tech rarely stays in its original lane. AI builders should assume similar second-order effects and document non-obvious application risks now, before regulators and users do it for them.
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