[suzzer99]

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

[mikkupikku]

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]

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

[jqpabc123]

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

[GaryBluto]

Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.

[mikkupikku]

Yes, regulation is inevitable.

[jfengel]

Regulation is impossible. The AI barons literally control the federal government, so not even state regulations get tried.

[jfengel]

Except this time the criminals are police.

[AngryData]

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

[rootusrootus]

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.

[kbelder]

I remember my Dad yelling at me to "put the dynamite back in the truck" when I was a kid.