A call to "ban AI" on HN is one of the lowest point I've seen in my 15 years on this site.
Not only is the behavior that is being complained about (people fraudulently pretending to be something they aren't) already illegal in most jurisdictions the unintended consequences of such a poorly thought out policy are complete unconsidered.
The objections are obvious but to list some:
* Behavior should be regulated, not technologies. Otherwise someone will use an alternative technology to perform the same attack and it won't be covered.
* This behavior is already covered by fraud regulations
* How would you even "ban AI" when people can't define it
* The only approach that could be considered would be to take a licensing approach to writing any software. The downsides to this are considerable and hopefully self-evident to this audience.
Not only is the behavior that is being complained about (people fraudulently pretending to be something they aren't) already illegal in most jurisdictions the unintended consequences of such a poorly thought out policy are complete unconsidered.
The objections are obvious but to list some:
* Behavior should be regulated, not technologies. Otherwise someone will use an alternative technology to perform the same attack and it won't be covered.
* This behavior is already covered by fraud regulations
* How would you even "ban AI" when people can't define it
* The only approach that could be considered would be to take a licensing approach to writing any software. The downsides to this are considerable and hopefully self-evident to this audience.