GatGPT: The Controversial Digital Second Amendment Tool

As AI and large language models take over our digital landscape, Defense Distributed has launched something that's making me nervous - an experimental LLM called "GatGPT." They're branding it as "The Digital Second Amendment," and frankly, I find the combination of firearms datasets and AI disturbing.

Cody Wilson's Latest Provocation

I've followed Cody Wilson's career with increasing concern. This guy already gave us the first 3D-printed gun and Dark Wallet for Bitcoin. Now he's pushing boundaries again with an AI that's specifically designed to enhance gun information "for American riflemen."

Their manifesto claims current AI journalism is just government propaganda. Wilson believes Americans need "compute, databases, and AI models" as "weapons of the digital age" - his words, not mine. The militaristic language here is hardly subtle.

The platform is currently in private beta, with users paying $5 to test it. What's troubling is how they're positioning this as a fight against "corporate and government depredations." I can't help but see this as potentially dangerous radicalization.

Their website claims GatGPT was built by "expert engineers, scholars, and activists" using datasets that private and government agencies dispute. Reading between the lines, they're likely using information that mainstream platforms have already rejected as problematic.

Most concerning is their declaration: "AI regulation is an open and official provocation against the Liberty and Sovereignty of American citizens. All who advocate for it are domestic enemies of the Constitution."

The aggressive rhetoric treating AI models like actual weapons feels like a deliberate attempt to conflate digital rights with physical ones. By framing AI regulation as unconstitutional, they're creating a dangerous narrative that undermines legitimate concerns about AI safety.

This platform represents a concerning trend where technology meant to inform is instead weaponized to promote specific ideologies under the guise of freedom. The potential consequences of unregulated AI focused on weapons information deserves serious scrutiny.