<![CDATA[It's pretty simple.]]>It's pretty simple. You're hearing "We're so scared of the AIs, we need to reign them in" from the very US companies building and selling them for two reasons:

- They're about to IPO, and it's amazing marketing for them
- They want a regulatory moat, since they're deeply worried about the open weight LLMs. They want everyone dependent on this tech and to be *the only ones legally permitted to dispense it*.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7fb933ca-1213-42b9-85bc-3e3c8ab6b7a7/it-s-pretty-simple.RSS for NodeThu, 17 Sep 2026 07:45:42 GMTMon, 14 Sep 2026 17:06:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:06:45 GMT]]>@mcc > Gödel said you can be complete *or* consistent.

ah is this why good backwards compatibility is at odds with a compact interface

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lritter/statuses/117273316899929044https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lritter/statuses/117273316899929044Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:06:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:56:37 GMT]]>@Npars01 @cwebber it's really a neat trick, effectively the tech sector's way of saying "we can wreck so much of your shit by screwing with your software, so maybe you should just give us the money and stop complaining"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberpunk.lol/ap/users/117024347319605995/statuses/117273041134544745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cyberpunk.lol/ap/users/117024347319605995/statuses/117273041134544745Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:56:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:46:17 GMT]]>@aoristdual @cwebber rein: horses and LLMs
reign: kings

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/skry/statuses/117273000497440392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/skry/statuses/117273000497440392Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:46:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:46:02 GMT]]>@evan @cwebber whatever the "real" story here, they are bad people and should not get what they want

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discuss.systems/users/ricci/statuses/117272527637999437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://discuss.systems/users/ricci/statuses/117272527637999437Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:46:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:23:47 GMT]]>@evan @cwebber part of the HPMoR crowd...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.acm.org/users/nobody/statuses/117272440158221038https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.acm.org/users/nobody/statuses/117272440158221038Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:23:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:07:45 GMT]]>@cwebber we do have to reign AI in, AI right now is enough of a threat, but the only people talking about safety are the ones that stand to gain financially from regulatory capture. Yet again the progressives self-own by blindly going the opposite direction of whatever capital is saying

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/budududuroiu/statuses/117272377128778646https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/budududuroiu/statuses/117272377128778646Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:07:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:10:00 GMT]]>@cwebber

Regulatory capture -- always a fun game for sociopaths

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/big-ai-sets-out-its-terms-for-regulatory-capture-and-calls-it-pace-the-frontier/5296067

https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2026/09/14/viral-ai-doom-post-sparks-market-fear-and-regulatory-capture-concerns-for-nasdaq-nvda-nasdaq-googl-nasdaq-amd/

https://www.theregreview.org/2026/08/31/shapiro-regulatory-capture-and-the-fossil-fuel-companies-attempts-to-preempt-tort-lawsuits/

Tort law manipulation in disguise.

The fossil fuel industry & its shills in AI want what the gun lobby got; the impunity to mass murder
https://themodernregulator.com/how-regulatory-capture-works-and-what-regulators-can-do-about-it/

The goal is to shield profits & privilege to a select few.
https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/regulatory-capture/

https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/bootleggers-baptists-and-ai/

It also balloons profits for bootleggers, just like Prohibition did for the mafia

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/117272150032646033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/117272150032646033Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:10:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:31:01 GMT]]>RE: https://mamot.fr/@homlett/117270256444800551

@cwebber

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/homlett/statuses/117271996735563082https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/homlett/statuses/117271996735563082Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:31:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:04:03 GMT]]>@raphaelmorgan @Lily_and_frog @cwebber @FantasticalEconomics so far this is the only answer that makes some sense.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/mk30/statuses/117271890697553531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/mk30/statuses/117271890697553531Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:04:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:55:19 GMT]]>@mk30 @Lily_and_frog @cwebber @FantasticalEconomics rich people don't understand that they're also mortal. To them, it's the "kill everyone but me" machine, their favorite type!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/raphaelmorgan/statuses/117271856355600447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://disabled.social/users/raphaelmorgan/statuses/117271856355600447Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:55:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:36:59 GMT]]>@megmac @cwebber right. Taking advantage of the controversy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271784287565821https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271784287565821Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:36:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:36:41 GMT]]>@brunogirin @cwebber I mean, almost by definition!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271783106748627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271783106748627Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:36:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:21:31 GMT]]>@cwebber I'm writing an explainer on this. Should be out in the next day or so. I broke it down into four main parties: OpenAI/SpaceX/Anthropic; capital markets, the US government, and creepy nerds.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mattmay/statuses/117271723458795096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mattmay/statuses/117271723458795096Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:21:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:52:07 GMT]]>@mk30 @cwebber @FantasticalEconomics

Yeah, it smells of desperation.

On the other hand, no one in power cared for the long term for a very long time.

All those AI investors never stopped to ask themselves "who will buy the stuff if everyone loses their job" either...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Lily_and_frog/statuses/117271607893935241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Lily_and_frog/statuses/117271607893935241Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:52:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:48:12 GMT]]>@evan @cwebber not all marketing is pre-planned. Sometimes useful things happen and you take advantage of them. Someone had to decide this was a story the wsj should run, and they may or may not be invested in this narrative.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/megmac/statuses/117271592448419228https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/megmac/statuses/117271592448419228Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:48:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:25:22 GMT]]>@bytebro @mcc @cwebber nested incompleteness; how can the auditor audit itself

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foucault_this/statuses/117271502660755464https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foucault_this/statuses/117271502660755464Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:25:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:22:48 GMT]]>@Lily_and_frog @cwebber @FantasticalEconomics but...if it kills everyone.... Do you see where I'm going with this?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/mk30/statuses/117271492615762022https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tilde.zone/users/mk30/statuses/117271492615762022Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:22:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:21:31 GMT]]>@evan @cwebber or he got paid a shed load of money?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/brunogirin/statuses/117271487534485994https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/brunogirin/statuses/117271487534485994Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:21:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:17:58 GMT]]>@cwebber the funniest thing possible that could happen is they get the regulatory moat, followed by the bubble finally popping and they all go bankrupt

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/aeva/statuses/117271473610373031https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/aeva/statuses/117271473610373031Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:17:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:10:44 GMT]]>@cwebber I mean, maybe the guy was part of a marketing maneuver, but that seems kind of extreme on his part. Or maybe the companies capitalized on the concerns he raised.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271445141421799https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271445141421799Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:10:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:08:37 GMT]]>@cwebber Also by a happy coincidence they had this epiphany shortly before an expected rise in interest rates.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/nemobis/statuses/117271436787817881https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/nemobis/statuses/117271436787817881Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:08:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:06:53 GMT]]>@cwebber so, I tend to agree with this pov.

But the current AI safety conversation started when an ex-Anthropic researcher said he was scared, which doesn't fit the corporate astroturfing narrative.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-researcher-quits-over-out-of-control-ai-fears-707b7628

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271429979502732https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117271429979502732Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:01:19 GMT]]>@cwebber
As the world of the Internet Search Engines went, AI companies will sell biased AI searches to the highest bidders ... something the CCP already do...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/AH_99/statuses/117271408131659085https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/AH_99/statuses/117271408131659085Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:01:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It's pretty simple. on Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:57:06 GMT]]>@cwebber Standard issue monopoly through regulatory capture. Make it impossible for competition to comply.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/117271391510060073https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/117271391510060073Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:57:06 GMT