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 8 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 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

GaryBluto 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.

Yes, regulation is inevitable.

	▲	jfengel 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Regulation is impossible. The AI barons literally control the federal government, so not even state regulations get tried.

jfengel 9 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 7 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.