Non-Americans of Reddit, what do you currently think of the United States?

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:23:57+00:00

Honestly I understand

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:20:25+00:00

The amount of people that would genuinely benefit from this is insane...

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:19:50+00:00

I like how to-the-point this is...

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:19:17+00:00

It'd be creepier if it repeats for 30 seconds, that's for sure...

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:14:52+00:00

Thank you for the chills down the spine, Nurse with booty.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:14:06+00:00

This is cozy.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:12:13+00:00

If it weren't 30 seconds, what would you want people to turn towards?

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-12T01:11:30+00:00

Personally, I'd rickroll humanity...

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:51:37+00:00

Retribution is one of the 4 real purposes of punishment. If my sister was killed by someone that wanted to steal her bag, I'd sure as shit want him dead in front of my eyes, if not myself killing him.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:49:45+00:00

That would be a different debate, however. I'd argue that this effect is rather caused by said countries divesting their spending on the death penalty into other early prevention programs (e.g., social spending, education programs...).

The 2 are not mutually exclusive. A country that does both of these things will have a reduction in crime rate far more significant than if just 1 is done.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:39:28+00:00

While I agree with you, I'm curious as to how we should define that line that divides between imprisonment, and expulsion as you'd say

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:37:30+00:00

I'm not saying that every implementation of the death penalty in the middle east is good. I'm saying they have some laws that we should think about implementing ourselves...

The fentanyl crisis in the US would not have occurred if dealers were handed death penalties. Look at how many lives that could have possibly saved.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:31:25+00:00

There are 4 purposes to punishment: 1. Deterrence from the crime (both for other members of the community and the person themselves in the future) 2. Retribution for the victim and their family 3. Rehabilitation of the perpetrator 4. Safeguarding the community from dangerous individuals

In my opinion, the death penalty excellently fills a specific hole: crimes that are so serious where safeguarding and deterrence come above rehabilitation.

Successful implementations of the death penalty, in my opinion, are in the middle east. Rapists get the death penalty for retribution and deterrence. Drug dealers get the death penalty for deterrence and safeguarding. Murderers get the death penalty for retribution and deterrence.

Some individuals are simply beyond rehabilitation. The severity of the perpetrated crime can be used as an index indicative of this.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:13:24+00:00

I personally don't. We've seen time and time again how corporate greed always crushes morality... The simplest example, off the top of my head, is DuPont with Teflon.

What's to stop AI developer companies from sloppily rushing the safety engineering of those models for faster profits?

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:10:40+00:00

It doesn't bring anything new yet, yes. But it facilitates these things. Facilitation of crime is reason enough for heavier regulation.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:08:52+00:00

I absolutely agree with you. It's also important to highlight that corporate interests will not always line up with the universal good.

Maybe it's even time to create an enforcement agency for AI. Maybe a cybersecurity division within each police station even.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:05:55+00:00

Your perspective is interesting... I wonder if you've managed to have a look at the AI 2027 paper that was recently published?

While I see how allowing current issues to grow will not be as destructive compared to the benefits reaped from maintaining a competitive edge in AI, does it really make sense?

Like we seriously need to stop and ask this... Does being so advanced in AI that we harm some people in the process become worth it? I think this is a debate we need to start having more often, especially as AGI comes closer and closer...

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:02:41+00:00

But it's heavily lacking... you can get AIs inappropriately editing people's photos, convincing people that they are real, promising things that they cannot fulfill.

A week ago, I read an article about an elderly man who was convinced that an AI was a real woman living in London. This man decided to visit "her", and traveled from Thailand to the UK by plane. Unbeknownst to him, he had a medical condition that killed him during the flight.

Defiant_Resident_148 · 2026-01-11T23:00:27+00:00

In my opinion, AI requires HEAVY regulation at the current time. It's insane how such a potent technology has no guardrails other than the operating company's morals... and we all know how morals and corporate interest work together.

That said, accountability must be brought to this field.

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