> What I was trying to say in my first post was that it's not the current enforcement. It's just an example of the government becoming too large and the robot police force of the future will use these dead laws to enforce. This will lead to disenfranchisement....
> ...This isn't about silly laws, it's about how unenforced laws have become. The size of government wants to grow, but right now the resources of the law enforcement dictate the size. In the near future the resources of law enforcement will quickly allow growth of government again.
> Another example is grass. In many cities it's illegal to have long grass. However, enforcement is non-existent or at least requires someone snitching on you. In the future there will be robot cops who will go around and inspection the entire city on a regular basis providing fines.
I think you're making a false assumption that the government is totally unresponsive to its citizens and will engage in infinite make-work enforcement to allow itself to grow maximally even if that means everyone else bears an unbearable burden. IMHO, the existence of these "dumb" laws is actually a disproof of that.
These laws remain on the books because it's basically free to leave them there. Once they start to become a burden, they'll be rewritten to be less onerous or removed completely.
I'm also 100% confident that, in our lifetimes, we won't be seeing AGI cops diligently enforcing the letter of the laws all the time.
> ...This isn't about silly laws, it's about how unenforced laws have become. The size of government wants to grow, but right now the resources of the law enforcement dictate the size. In the near future the resources of law enforcement will quickly allow growth of government again.
> Another example is grass. In many cities it's illegal to have long grass. However, enforcement is non-existent or at least requires someone snitching on you. In the future there will be robot cops who will go around and inspection the entire city on a regular basis providing fines.
I think you're making a false assumption that the government is totally unresponsive to its citizens and will engage in infinite make-work enforcement to allow itself to grow maximally even if that means everyone else bears an unbearable burden. IMHO, the existence of these "dumb" laws is actually a disproof of that.
These laws remain on the books because it's basically free to leave them there. Once they start to become a burden, they'll be rewritten to be less onerous or removed completely.
I'm also 100% confident that, in our lifetimes, we won't be seeing AGI cops diligently enforcing the letter of the laws all the time.