My position on AGI is here: https://mattmahoney.net/aifuture.html
In short, technology makes life better, even if it leads to social isolation and population collapse. As for the law, I believe it should not be the government's job to protect us from ourselves. Talking to AI friends doesn't hurt anyone else. Even if the AI gives you advice on how to kill someone, you are still responsible for your actions, not the AI. -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] On Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 5:54 PM John Rose via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, April 20, 2026, at 5:29 PM, Giovanni Santostasi wrote: > > What is weird is to see a bunch of Luddites in this newsletter. Crazy. > > > It's not Luddite. If you look at other technologies and their progressions > and laws, for example crypto, many people or I can say most experienced > severe financial damage. States that tried to legally control it somewhat > like NY protected investors from the thousands of scams and bankruptcies. > Now crypto is mainstream and grandma can safely invest. AI is existential > and potentially totalitarianistic and this might be an overreaction but > justified due to the rapid pace. Laws can be modified, repealed and emended. > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7fbc44c56222e976-Md7377b811908e5d6fb2311a0> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T7fbc44c56222e976-Mb7504ee5f3b2ccd20605e5e0 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
