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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by skybrian on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @12:45PM (#49911288)
If you mean high-trust societies like maybe Switzerland, I agree that it can work, but the US has lots of guns and doesn’t seem very polite, so how we’re doing it doesn’t seem to be working very well.

We do have lots of food safety regulation, which has more to do with selling food.

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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by hyperlinerapp on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @02:46PM (#49912761)
Unlike food, guns are your right.
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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by skybrian on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @03:59PM (#49913516)
That seems unfortunate. I think a lot of people would prefer the reverse.

Fortunately there is no right to AI.

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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by hyperlinerapp on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @04:05PM (#49913584)
Nothing that some other person has to give you can be a right.

A right is not something the government gives you. In the US, the Bill of Rights does not actually give you rights. You are born with rights. The Bill of Rights simply clarifies that the government CANNOT RESTRICT YOUR RIGHTS.

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