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0 pointsmikkupikku1mo ago0 comments

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.

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suzzer991mo ago

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

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jqpabc1231mo ago

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

GaryBluto1mo ago

Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.

mikkupikkuOP1mo ago

Yes, regulation is inevitable.

jfengel1mo ago

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

jfengel1mo ago

Except this time the criminals are police.

AngryData1mo ago

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

rootusrootus1mo ago

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.

kbelder1mo 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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suzzer991mo ago

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

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jqpabc1231mo ago

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

GaryBluto1mo ago

Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.

mikkupikkuOP1mo ago

Yes, regulation is inevitable.

jfengel1mo ago

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

jfengel1mo ago

Except this time the criminals are police.

AngryData1mo ago

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

rootusrootus1mo ago

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.

kbelder1mo 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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