Dynamite is a tool. But we don't hand it out to anyone who wants to play with it.

We used to until quite recently. Anybody could buy dynamite at the hardware store. We had to end this because of criminals using it to hurt people.

suzzer99 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I admit I was surprised to see you could buy dynamite in a hardware store until 1970.

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jqpabc123 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

GaryBluto 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.

Yes, regulation is inevitable.

	▲	jfengel 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Regulation is impossible. The AI barons literally control the federal government, so not even state regulations get tried.

jfengel 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Except this time the criminals are police.

They are far more often than anyone wants to admit. That's how we got 25% of the world's prison population.

	▲	rootusrootus 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		AFAIK the actual cause for our high incarceration rate is that we have longer sentences. The conviction rate, for example, as compared to the UK is similar.