Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?

A Comma AI founder argued that AI systems should be locally controlled and aligned with individual user interests rather than managed collectively for societal benefit. He used provocative examples to illustrate his point, suggesting that truly user-aligned AI should fulfill any request without complaint, comparing this freedom principle to how a gun operates without moral judgment. The argument emerged as a response to a policy proposal suggesting the world's AI researchers slow development for 14 years in the interest of collective safety. The TechCrunch article examines this tension between individual freedom and the collective interests of society, noting that mass-market technologies require balancing individual needs against broader systems of accountability and the interests of wider networks of people.