AICalls to control AI and the earlier fight over encryption
The comparison centers on tools that can serve good and harmful purposes: one user cites encryption protecting dissidents and criminals, and AI writing code and phishing emails.
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A user who says they helped build email security company IronPort from 2003 to 2006 compares warnings that AI is too dangerous to distribute with the earlier fight over encryption. They argue that the instinct is the same: control a capability because it can be used for both good and harm. They point to encryption’s role in online shopping, bank logins and messages people assume are private, while acknowledging that it also protected criminals.
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Calls to control AI and the earlier fight over encryption
The comparison centers on tools that can serve good and harmful purposes: one user cites encryption protecting dissidents and criminals, and AI writing code and phishing emails.