Banning AI Is Like Banning Uranium Enrichment, Safety Researchers Quip
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-11-09
AI safety researcher Nate Soares (So8res) posted a satirical analogy: when you try to ban uranium enrichment, reply guys ask "oh, so now we're banning rock tumbling??" The post quotes a thread where @ryanstellar called for legislation restricting certain AI capabilities and was met with "ban linear algebra while you're at it" — mocking how opponents of AI regulation deploy reductio-ad-absurdum arguments to dismiss serious discussion of controlling dangerous capabilities.
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