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Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law. Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/ai-risk-criminal-law/688615/posted in Technology
Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law. Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/ai-risk-criminal-law/688615/Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
Nah, meatbags had a good run. Time to call it a day
Replying to @CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
Cool it HK
Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
Pretty sure destroying humanity IS NOT against the law. There are no laws saying any such thing…
Replying to @Onyxonblack@sopuli.xyz
Especially given that you can only be prosecuted for a crime after you've actually committed it.
Replying to @FaceDeer@fedia.io
Is there a law against attempted destruction of humanity? Like attempted murder?
Replying to @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
Why would there be? There isn't a Nobel Prize for Attempted Chemistry.
Replying to @FaceDeer@fedia.io
That has to be the dumbest response I’ve seen all day. Kudos.
Replying to @ContactClosure@lemmus.org
Thanks, but I can't claim credit - it's a Simpsons quote (Sideshow Bob complaining about being charged with attempted murder for trying to kill Bart).
Replying to @FaceDeer@fedia.io
Bob? Is that you?
Replying to @CADmonkey@lemmy.world
Kelsey?
Replying to @Onyxonblack@sopuli.xyz
That sounds oddly like crime against humanity, of which the Rome Statute covers. Specifically extermination or “other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health”
Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
Didn’t the supreme court rule that climate change wasn’t against the law?
Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
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Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
What do you mean, “wait for?” We’re already in one!
Replying to @grue@lemmy.world
Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
Is it really though? Murder is, obviously, as are weapons of mass destruction. Same with genocide. But if you were actually able to kill all humans with the push of a button, would there be a specific crime for that act?
Obviously there would be no one to prosecute, and if you included yourself you’d be dead, so it would be moot.
Replying to @GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works
Those in power determine the law.