I’ll never understand people who oppose new technology because it could hypothetically be used a negative way. These people just seem to have a chronically cynical outlook on everything.
The logical thing to do is to regulate things when they become a problem, not speculatively.
The history (and tort law) books are full of examples of problems that were identified ahead of time but ignored by policymakers and tortfeasors until they had fatal consequences.
The logical thing to do is to regulate things when they become a problem, not speculatively.