Corvidae comments on Leak Reveals Microsoft Wants Its AI To Be 'Addictive'

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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 24 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

And if a pharmaceutical or drug has addictive properties with no medical uses, the government outlaws it by scheduling it as having abuse potential. Seems like a big double standard.

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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

While it's just a guess, pharmaceutical lobbying is likely why. None of that happened before the FDA was created sometime in the early 1900s.

Right now we're in the political stages of considering the regulating of internet access to minors, the addictiveness of social media is not regulated.

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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My limited understanding of the history was that during the patent medicine era, medicines had proprietary formulas and varying compositions. For example, many formulas had cannabis extract, others contained opium. The initial regulations therefore were done for medical purposes of drug purity. Edited to add, it wouldn't surprise me if the overuse of opium in the patent medicine era led directly to judging the medical usefulness of these drugs, although it's just a guess.