On: AI's Affordability Crisis

[skywhopper]

The US government isn’t supposed to be allowed to constrain speech, but they do have the power to constrain commerce, and they can ban the sale of AI services and AI-capable hardware if they choose.

[andrekandre → skywhopper]

  > but they do have the power to constrain commerce

its an interesting idea; i'd like to see someone claim buying/selling as a form of speech...

[Supermancho → andrekandre]

Citizens United got pretty close in the Supreme Court's 5–4 decision on January 21, 2010, ruling that corporations and unions cannot be prohibited from making independent political expenditures, citing First Amendment free speech protections.

[andrekandre → Supermancho]

yea, that was the hint in my comment... just waiting for the other shoe to drop so to speak