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That is not valid logic. The USA ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1997, and there are various Acts of Congress which make most work on nerve gas a federal felony. There are no such legal prohibitions on AI development.

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We are debating ethics and morality surrounding a rapidly evolving field, not regurgitating trivia about the arbitrary legal status quo in the country you live in. Think for a moment about the various events in human history perpetrated by a government which considered those actions perfectly legal, then come back with something to contribute to the discussion beyond a pathetic, thought-terminating appeal to authority.

1. The initial “pathetic”thought-terminator was comparison to nerve gas.

2. Nerve gas is not strategic. A better comparison are nukes in WW2.

3. Nerve gas has no other uses unlike AI.

4. Nerve can only be used to hurt unlike AI

5. If AI in military is so dangerous, should the US just sit and do nothing while China /Russia deploy it fully? What is your suggestion here specifically?

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