Hackers' Pub

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto@mas.to

2/9/2026, 12:13:02 PM

Public

A new argument that is cropping up among LLM apologists is that when things go wrong it's not because of the tools but it's because of the people.

That's literally the core argument of pro-gun rights advocates in the US, the country with the highest number of gun-related deaths in the world.

If the tool's primary use is to cause other people harm then it's 100% the tool, not the people.

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