[pmarreck]

> but isn't it rational to be a bit worried about this?

About as rational as worrying that my toddler will google "boobies", which is to say, being worried about something that will likely have no negative side effect. (Visual video porn is a different story, however. But there's at least some evidence to support that early exposure to that is bad. Plain nudity though? Nothing... Look at the entirety of Europe as an example of what seeing nudity as children does.)

Information is not inherently bad. Acting badly on that information, is. I may already know how to make a bomb, but will I do it? HELL no. Are you worried about young men dealing with emotional challenges between the ages of 16 and 28 causing harm? Well, I'm sure that being unable to simply ask the AI how to help them commit the most violence won't stop them from jailbreaking it and re-asking, or just googling, or finding a gun, or acting out in some other fashion. They likely have a drivers' license, they can mow people down pretty easily. Point is, there's 1000 things already worse, more dangerous and more readily available than an AI telling you how to make a bomb or giving you written pornography.

Remember also that the accuracy cost in enforcing this nanny-safetying might result in bad information that definitely WOULD harm people. Is the cost of that, actually greater than any harm reduction from putting what amounts to a speed bump in the way of a bad actor?