Joscha Bach: A right to compute follows from the First Amendment — and the Second
anderssandberg · x · 2026-08-16
AI researcher Joscha Bach (@Plinz) argues for a robust right to compute — the freedom to think about whatever you want with whatever tool at your disposal. He frames it as not just a consequence of the First Amendment but also a demand of the Second: just as free citizens may bear arms, they must also have the right to own the tools to entertain thoughts that are not harmless. Oxford researcher Anders Sandberg reshared the post. The argument is often invoked in debates over local compute and open-weight model ownership.
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