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chii on Jan 27, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: An AI lawyer was set to argue in court – real lawy...

you cannot sanction the seller of a software, any more than you can sanction the seller of the gun for a murderer.

Redoubts on Jan 29, 2023 | | [–]

People have been trying exactly this tho?

https://apnews.com/article/sandy-hook-school-shooting-reming...

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/07/12/new-california-law-holds-g...

The second link feeling much closer to direct government action.

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