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0 pointscubefox2y ago0 comments

Cryptography can't be used to produce weapons of mass destruction. It's a purely defensive technology. Engineered superviruses are a whole different caliber.

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MacsHeadroom2y ago

Wrong, cryptography is used to conceal the communications of people building nuclear weapons. It still should not be regulated.

cubefoxOP2y ago

Cryptography is just as useless for creating nuclear weapons as it is for creating bioweapons. AIs that help make WMDs are on a very different level.

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MacsHeadroom2y ago

Wrong, cryptography is used to conceal the communications of people building nuclear weapons. It still should not be regulated.

cubefoxOP2y ago

Cryptography is just as useless for creating nuclear weapons as it is for creating bioweapons. AIs that help make WMDs are on a very different level.

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