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> A key issue with the bill is that it criminalises creating a model that someone else uses to cause harm.

Build a model that is trained on the corpus of gun designs.

Should be an interesting court case and social experiment.



I was about to say how quick a lot of people are to blame the gun (the tool) and the manufacturer, but when it comes to "AI" (the tool) suddenly they turn 540 degrees and blame the user.

The reasonable take of course is that the tools are never to blame, they are just tools after all. Blame the bastard using the tools for nefarious ends, whether it's guns or "AI" or whatever else the case may be.


World Trade Center bombing 1993

The Oklahoma City bombing 1995

Most people with a high school level of chemistry and a trip to the library can cause a lot of damage.

David Hann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn the radioactive Boy Scout single handedly created a superfund site.

This will quickly turn into a first amendment case and die in court I would think.


Typically it also requires precursor materials.

I am against laws and systems of government that turn me into a suspect just for learning information. It is not ok that a secret investigation into our private lives is triggered simply by being curious.




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