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Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by cebert on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:23PM (#42925489)
While he’s at it, he should also make cryptography and math illegal too.
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by Havoc on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:34PM (#42925623)
But MAGA math will still be allowed
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by BenjiWiebe on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:08PM (#42925994)
2+2=America?
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by RIMR on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:13PM (#42926056)
No joke, the bill is so broad that is essentially would ban mathematics research if the math could contribute to AI development in any way whatsoever. So, essentially all math...
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by realreal89 on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:56PM (#42927169)
Nah, it only bans Je- I mean... woke math.
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by porridgeraisin on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:29AM (#42928410)
BREAKING: Chinese Remainder Theorem Will Now Be Called the American Remainder Theorem
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by CorpOverreach on Monday February 03, 2025 @08:41PM (#42926372)
For those that don't get the reference or remember their history... this is exactly what the US has been trying to do since the Cold War eras. [1]

It's absurd, and while it was mostly reformed in the last 1990's, parts of it still linger around.

There's also plenty of good stories from it too, like how Bruce Schneier's "Applied Cryptography" was approved for export, but the exact source code that was it in, but on a floppy drive, was not. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th... [2] https://www.ka9q.net/export/

Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by datavirtue on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:25PM (#42927442)
I was planning on doing a lot of writing when I retire. I'm starting to feel like it might not be allowed.
Re:US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek by mr_toad on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:16PM (#42927851)
And for bonus points he could square the circle.