[kunley]

Very well put.

Why not to build nukes massively? Nukes are inevitable, because in the human nature there is inherent hunger for power (ask any psychologist nearby), and nukes are the ultimate power. With nukes at reasonable prices for wealthy families, the notion of an "atomic family" would really get a new exciting meaning!

I am ofc sarcastic, but the reasoning is IMO the same like with the AI.. The real question here is: why to refrain from building nukes and why to refrain from uncontrollably developing AI.

[zzzeek]

if you could build a nuke in your garage, the world would have ended long ago. the extreme difficulty, expense, and industrial-grade complexity in handling and enriching uranium and then forming it into a viable weapon is the only thing that kept that from happening