Strange7 comments on [link] Nine Ways to Bias Open-Source AGI Toward Friendliness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strange7 14 July 2012 06:27:02AM 2 points [-]

Neither of those examples presents a resounding success story. Restrictions on cryptography proved infeasible, and were abandoned; copyright prohibits duplication of others' work only when it's for profit, and is only sporadically effective even at that.

Comment author: timtyler 15 July 2012 10:23:11AM 0 points [-]

There's also there monopolies and mergers commission. The government doesn't foster the development of big and powerful agents that might someday compete with it.