Safety restrictions may block good actors while leaving harmful users unaffected
D3VAUX · x · 2026-07-21
The post argues that restricting “unsafe” models may backfire: people who want to do harm will still get access, while people doing legitimate work are the ones blocked.
It frames the issue as a practical safety-policy tradeoff rather than a pure technical fix, and questions whether such restrictions actually prevent harm.
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