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Forgeties79today at 4:26 PM1 replyview on HN

> Imagine if we had banned trains because the robber barons were assholes in the 1830's.

The thing is they don’t control them anymore, governments do by and large now, so a lot of the issues that came with their ownership and special privileges no longer exist. There is no way that is how this is going to go down with Google et al


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_DeadFred_today at 6:09 PM

AI should fall under libraries. It's benefit/value is derived from the knowledge of humankind.

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