MalReynolds

I absolutely do mind.

Eh, valid, but the implication is that she needs the stimulant (perhaps due to AD(H)D) or the MAOI in tobacco and OP can substitute a less harmful form that is also less unpleasant. Supplying options is not (necessarily) control and it's likely less trouble than the shit show that getting ADD drugs is in many places... This can (and should) be done with their consent you know.

Switch 'em to vapes (and perhaps a MAO inhibitor), gonna be worth it...

Thanks, I hate it. Vulnerable to your competitor red teaming it tho...

Beautiful!

This timeline...

Streisand effect intensifies.

Here's me just lifting to be strong, it's handy, and pleasantly surprising much of the time. :}

Or, you know, have them carry ~~surveillance devices~~ phones.

Agree, the last people in the world who should be making AGI, are. Rabid techbro nazi capitalist fucktards who feel slighted they missed out on (absolute, not wage) slaves and want to make some. Do you want terminators, because that's how you get terminators. Something with so much positive potential that is also an existential threat needs to be treated with so much more respect.

“First Thoughts are the everyday thoughts. Everyone has those. Second Thoughts are the thoughts you think about the way you think. People who enjoy thinking have those. Third Thoughts are thoughts that watch the world and think all by themselves. They’re rare, and often troublesome. Listening to them is part of witchcraft.”

The inimitable Sir Terry Pratchett, GNU.

cooked without better identity mechanisms

And that worked out so well for Facebook... giving up privacy and anonymity is not the solution, watch that last step, it's a doozy.

Those who would sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither and will get none.