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ipsodtoday at 3:40 PM6 repliesview on HN

Let's say you're facing an average psycho, who is intent on mass murder - the more the better.

Would you rather them have:

a) guns

b) psycho-aligned next-gen AI


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xboxnolifestoday at 6:16 PM

Which is why we need to restrict what is allowed on the internet. Anything the government deems too dangerous needs to be removed so as to not align with mass murderers.

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Arainachtoday at 4:02 PM

False dichotomy, there's no reason not to have controls on both.

Given the choice between them having access to guns and nuclear waste my answer is also "neither".

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armchairhackertoday at 5:06 PM

I’d rather the psycho have a brain implant that physically prevents him from murder, but I wouldn’t trust such an implant myself fearing abuse or malfunction.

I’d change my mind if the AI was really smart or controlled an agile, dangerous robot. But current-gen AI I’d choose for them over a gun. We’re ruled by psychos (of a lesser degree), the road starting directly towards perfect safety is a dead end, meanwhile I want an LLM aligned to myself.

afthonostoday at 3:59 PM

Obviously (a).

thrwaway55today at 4:20 PM

Hegseth already has both A and B. Anthropic already answered this, the answer to this choice is a resounding yes

georgemcbaytoday at 4:00 PM

> Would you rather them have:

As an American... I suspect that regardless of what I want they will have virtually unlimited access to both now that the tech industry understands how the lobbying game works.