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[–] pageflight@piefed.social 0 points 5 days ago

A broad ban on any 3D printer doing gun-like things seems dumb (if not dangerous), much like broad censorship of and pictures of kids or pornography would be to stop CSAM.

But specifically making operations like Cody Wilson's Defense Distributed illegal seems appropriate. The US has a bigger problem with unregulated firearms and gun violence than with technical over regulation, so if we have to sacrifice a little that seems acceptable.

I think AI and drones are interesting comparisons here. Regulation seems to have way over-reacted to drones (we could just ban and impose heavy penalties for flying anywhere near planes), and AI / big tech are running wild in unregulated territory.