There is an argument that banning things for law abiders essentially means giving criminals preferential access. I don’t know that that idea always holds. But

There is an argument that banning things for law abiders essentially means giving criminals preferential access. I don’t know that that idea always holds. But it definitely would for AI All you need is ordinary commodity computing power to keep moving Ai forward. So vast numbers of individuals, organizations, and governmental actors will. Visibly or invisibly Any blunt reactionary prohibition will only tilt things in favor of an unconstrained underground