[pixl97]

"The only way to deal with some people making crazy rules is to have no rules at all" --libertarians

"Oh my god I'm being eaten by a fucking bear" --also libertarians

[chasd00]

"can you write the rules down so i know them?" --everyone

[pixl97]

"No" --Every company that does moderation and spam filtering.

"No" --Every company that does not publish their internal business processes.

"No" --Every company that does not publish their source code.

Honestly I could probably think of tons of other business cases like this, but in the software world outside of open source, the answer is pretty much no.

[int_19h]

Then we get back to square one: better no rules at all than secret rules.

This would also be less of a problem if we didn't have a few companies that are economically more powerful than many small countries running everything. At least then I could vote with my feet to go somewhere the rules aren't private.

[pixl97]

I mean, now you're hitting the real argument. Giant multinationals are a scourge to humankind.

[altruios]

having rules, and knowing what the rules are are not orthogonal goals.

[pixl97]

I mean, you think so, but op wrote

>is total freedom of all AI for anyone to do with as they wish.

so is obviously not on the same page as you.

[kaesar14]

I find it fascinating this type of response from people is always accompanied by a political label in order to insinuate some other negative baggage.