I mean, there are some parallels between any two topics. Whether those parallels are important, and whether they help model either thing varies pretty widely.
In this case, I don’t see many useful parallels. The difference between individual small-scale rights and power to harm a very few individuals being demonstrably real for guns, vesus the somewhat theoretical future large-scale degradation or destruction of civilization makes it just completely a different dimension of disagreement.
One parallel MIGHT be the general distrust of government restriction on private activity, but from people I’ve talked with on both topics, that’s present but not controlling for beliefs about these topics.
I think there can be some parallels to be made between debates on gun control and debates on recent AI regulations
I mean, there are some parallels between any two topics. Whether those parallels are important, and whether they help model either thing varies pretty widely.
In this case, I don’t see many useful parallels. The difference between individual small-scale rights and power to harm a very few individuals being demonstrably real for guns, vesus the somewhat theoretical future large-scale degradation or destruction of civilization makes it just completely a different dimension of disagreement.
One parallel MIGHT be the general distrust of government restriction on private activity, but from people I’ve talked with on both topics, that’s present but not controlling for beliefs about these topics.