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Comment by Russ Nelson (russ nelson) on Against an AI Research Moratorium · 2023-03-31T15:22:08.899Z · LW · GW

What I said is not wrong in any way. What you said is not wrong in any way. Why do you think you have refuted what I said?

Comment by Russ Nelson (russ nelson) on Against an AI Research Moratorium · 2023-03-31T15:02:34.076Z · LW · GW

It's not an argument about gun control. It's an argument about regulating the behavior of only the people who agree with having their behavior regulated, leaving everyone else to do exactly as they choose, and suggesting that that would not be a good outcome.

Comment by Russ Nelson (russ nelson) on Against an AI Research Moratorium · 2023-03-31T01:12:41.617Z · LW · GW

This maps exactly onto guns and gun control attempts.Civilized people can agree to control gun ownership, but the uncivilized people among them will continue to own guns. All this does is to shift power to the uncivilized people. It will reduce the number of guns in a society, but will increase the amount of risk of violence.