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saghmyesterday at 7:29 PM1 replyview on HN

I feel like that's basically what they're trying to say; we should be using the legal system to punish them now to disincentivize us getting to the "machine swarm killing us all" stage.


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holmesworcesteryesterday at 7:43 PM

I wonder if you could take an x-risk case to court and convince a judge and jury to award damages for harm that could have happened.

Is there any precedent for this? My hunch is that it's impossible in the US at least but who knows?

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