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Re:Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism by idiotsecant on Saturday May 30, 2026 @06:19PM (#48341155)
Then I guess all of human history is one big ad hoc global government because we've enforced the thing we want at the business end of a spear since there have been people.
Re:Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism by mike_hearn on Sunday May 31, 2026 @10:32AM (#48345972)
Other way around. Nothing in history has ever been enforced "across the board", including the rule against developing nukes. A bunch of countries managed to develop them, others were stopped (so far). It wasn't done via "multilateralism" but rather by killing people who were doing it.

Unless your vision for AI regulation involves drone striking offices where AI researchers work, then there's no way to enforce it globally.

Re:Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism by idiotsecant on Sunday May 31, 2026 @12:29PM (#48347049)
I'm not sure what point you're making anymore. The goalposts are floating in the sea. Yes, we could blow up facilities with advanced AI infrastructure. It wouldn't even be hard to locate.