If advanced AI should be outlawed for risk, why not electronics, math, and software too?
NickPassig · x · 2026-09-17
The author pushes back on outlawing advanced AI over risk with a chain of reductio questions: should we also ban advanced electronics, math, science, software, and machine code? By analogy, if someone unplugs a datacenter rack UPS, should we outlaw power cords and wire cutters? He argues critics should instead push to harden code already running critical systems, and notes a paradox: if advanced AI becomes illegal, who judges it — wouldn't all the experts be in jail?
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