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.
replyI admit I was surprised to see you could buy dynamite in a hardware store until 1970.
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replyLook for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.
replyImpossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.
replyYes, regulation is inevitable.
replyRegulation is impossible. The AI barons literally control the federal government, so not even state regulations get tried.
replyExcept this time the criminals are police.
replyThey are far more often than anyone wants to admit. That's how we got 25% of the world's prison population.
replyAFAIK 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.
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