Many kinds of betting markets are or were banned all over the world. The sky didn’t fall, and what underground markets existed didn’t lead to huge gang wars or whatever.
Given that the article is discussing some of the bad behavior typically associated with dark markets (death threats, extortion, fixing) happening in the light, what makes you think that banning them would make things worse?
What you're showing me is a [war crime], which has existed for time in humans.
[Wars] of all kinds have existed for a long time and haven't been banned.
Banning on [particular tactics in war] altogether and pushing it underground would make things far worse.
The internet is going to be filled with bots anyway so might as well restrict it to this age group. They should be outdoors with no access to the internet.
Why not extend this to under 25s or the elderly?
I'm sure the online safety act also needs to extend this to chatbots and anything that can heavily manipulate and distort this age group.
They won't be restricting the age group from the internet. They will be restricting the internet. That's not fine. There is no feasible way to restrict the internet for an exclusive group, it's the internet!
Cryptocurrency (although I hate it) you don't have to participate, so no harm done.
Prediction Markets you don't have to participate, so no harm done.
With AI, you're participating whether you like it or not. Layoffs, Job displacement, etc. There is no opt out here.
Once you're replaced with AI, that is it.
At least with cryptocurrency and prediction markets you can make money but it's obviously risky.
Ultimately with AI it would just push people to cryptocurrencies and prediction markets.
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