The AI Race Just Got Awkward

Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by BigTTYGothGF on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @04:46PM (#49914174)

I'm asking you, and furthermore I'm not asking for a list of high trust societies, I'm asking for ones in which "armed people are very polite people".

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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by hyperlinerapp on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:35PM (#49917025)

Switzerland, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, Montana, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, most Rural America.

Anyway, ChatGPT can answer your questions. Or just visit your local gun range. I highly recommend it.

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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by BigTTYGothGF on Thursday October 01, 2026 @10:07AM (#49921900)

I grew up in rural America.

The original claim was: > in high trust societies, armed people are very polite people

In my experience, there was no connection between being armed and being polite.

> Or just visit your local gun range

Went to one many times when I lived in Texas, I think I've inhaled enough lead to last me the rest of my life.

"An armed society is a polite society" was originally said by Heinlein, who for all his faults would have had something to say about outsourcing your thinking to a machine.

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Re:The AI Race Just Got Awkward by hyperlinerapp on Thursday October 01, 2026 @11:55AM (#49923372)

I grew up in Rural America too. In my experience, armed people are very polite.

I don’t outsource my thinking to a machine. I was asking you to not outsource your thinking to a stranger, since I am not your private encyclopedia.

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