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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/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”