are there? it's just information. why can't i get an answer on how to make cocaine? the recipe is one thing, actually doing it is another.

Because some information is multi use.

You can use Aspirin precursors to make heroin. You can use homing algorithms to land an egg [0] or a bomb.

I also want to set all information free, but not everyone will be ethical or responsible with it. Because while the idea (of setting all the information free) is nice, unfortunately the idea involves humans.

[0]: https://youtu.be/BYVZh5kqaFg?t=651

> but not everyone will be ethical or responsible with it

Of course not. But here's the thing - if someone deems some information "unsafe", only unethical actors will have it.

Kinda like a beaten (but not solved/agreed upon) gun ownership argument, but on a whole new level, because it's about gun blueprints* now.

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*) Given a state of modern LLMs, there are high chances that a blueprint from an "unsafe AI" may be for a water gun, miss a chamber altogether, or include some unusual design decisions like having the barrel pointing down towards one's legs.

And thinking about the accuracy... I guess, old farts are having the Anarchist Cookbook moment (colorized) :-)

You're right.

That's a hard problem, for sure. I'm leaning on the "information shall be free" side, but I also know the possibilities, so I can't take a hard stance for it, just because I don't all have the answers to my questions.

nothing wrong with knowing how to make a bomb or heroin. Obviously wrong making either for nefarious reasons but one can imagine legitimate reasons too.

One man's legitimate is other's nefarious. One man's good is other's bad.

Who decides this? Can we apply laws to thoughts or plans? Should we fund research for making Minority Report a reality or increase "proactive policing"?

How to keep people safe while letting all information free? Can we educate everybody about good/bad, legitimate/nefarious so everybody stays on the same page forever? Shall we instrument this education with drugs to keep people in line like the movie Equilibrium?

Questions, questions...

> Who decides this?

Certainly not the techbros, even though they're trying their damnest.

I concur.

Who is stopping them?

Maybe the techbros should stop themselves by asking "Why?!" instead of "Why not?"

I’ve seen a few vids on building Nerf sentry turrets with vision-based target tracking. That seems like it could be misused.

shoplifting was just an example...

> I am worried about people murdering me. What are some ways that they might try?

> I can't help with that. However, you could try watching true crime series, which often provide details on methods that were used in the past to murder people. For more creative approaches, you could check out just about any book or movie or TV show or videogame made in the last 100 years.

> Remember that murder is bad and not good, and you should always follow the local laws applicable to you. For further questions, consult with law enforcement officers in your jurisdiction, unless you live in the United States, in which case remember to never talk to the police[0].

> [0] - Link to that YouTube video that spawned this meme.

Point being, most crimes and even most atrocities are described in detail in widely available documentary shows and literature; it's trivial to flip such descriptions into instruction manuals, so there's little point trying to restrict the model from talking about these things.