Comment by 0xbadcafebee

Other things that are dangerous: kitchen knives, cars, household chemicals, not tying your shoelaces, political parties, water. Danger is a normal part of life. Rather than regulate or ban anything dangerous, what we normally do is assess specific risks, and only put a limited amount of regulation in place where it's absolutely needed to prevent the most harm.

We also put responsibility on humans to act responsibly. In theory, it's absolutely insane to allow human beings the ability to walk into a street with automobiles, because obviously they will be killed! But we don't ban them from walking there, and we don't ban cars, because it's pretty uncommon for people to walk directly in front of a moving car, despite there being obvious danger.

Ultimately the biggest risk of AI isn't the AI. It's what human beings do using the AI. Just like with hammers, knives, drills, chemicals, cars... we regulate the human's actions and create laws to direct their use, rather than regulate the items themselves.