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suzzer99
2mo ago
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Dynamite is a tool. But we don't hand it out to anyone who wants to play with it.
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mikkupikku
2mo ago
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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
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2mo ago
I admit I was surprised to see you could buy dynamite in a hardware store until 1970.
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jqpabc123
2mo ago
Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.
GaryBluto
2mo ago
Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.
mikkupikku
2mo ago
Yes, regulation is inevitable.
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jfengel
2mo ago
Except this time the criminals are police.
AngryData
2mo ago
They are far more often than anyone wants to admit. That's how we got 25% of the world's prison population.
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kbelder
2mo ago
I remember my Dad yelling at me to "put the dynamite back in the truck" when I was a kid.
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