We used to until quite recently. Anybody could buy dynamite at the hardware stor...

suzzer99 · 2026-03-29T16:11:26 1774800686

I admit I was surprised to see you could buy dynamite in a hardware store until 1970.

jqpabc123 · 2026-03-29T15:04:38 1774796678

Look for AI to follow a similar trajectory over time.

GaryBluto · 2026-03-29T15:13:35 1774797215

Impossible at this point. You cannot download dynamite.

mikkupikku · 2026-03-29T15:05:40 1774796740

Yes, regulation is inevitable.

jfengel · 2026-03-29T15:28:09 1774798089

Regulation is impossible. The AI barons literally control the federal government, so not even state regulations get tried.

kbelder · 2026-03-30T17:04:22 1774890262

I remember my Dad yelling at me to "put the dynamite back in the truck" when I was a kid.

jfengel · 2026-03-29T15:26:49 1774798009

Except this time the criminals are police.

AngryData · 2026-03-29T16:32:27 1774801947

They are far more often than anyone wants to admit. That's how we got 25% of the world's prison population.

rootusrootus · 2026-03-29T17:22:02 1774804922

AFAIK the actual cause for our high incarceration rate is that we have longer sentences. The conviction rate, for example, as compared to the UK is similar.