<![CDATA[If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors.]]>If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors.

If you read through this draft of "The Great American AI Act" it's pretty clear that nobody but the current big players will be able to comply. It's "regulate me, daddy" = "make sure nobody else can compete".
https://trahan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/the_great_american_ai_act_discussion_draft.pdf

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/f87309c8-5e1d-4f87-a7ac-792ddecb0ad3/if-you-re-wondering-why-anthropic-et-all-are-publicly-making-stupid-claims-our-ai-that-writes-itself-and-begging-world-governments-to-regulate-them-while-directing-the-regulation-via-lobbying-it-s-pretty-simple-they-re-locking-out-competitors.RSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 06:31:29 GMTFri, 05 Jun 2026 16:33:25 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:36:07 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog Same playbook meta have been following with the age verification laws and the uk's stuff

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/emily_s/statuses/116699415657651199https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/emily_s/statuses/116699415657651199Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:04:25 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog Yep; Google did the same when they fought for strong copyright protection regs on videos... they already had the infra in place to scan videos and no startup could compete with that...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MyYeeHaa/statuses/116699055072946139https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/MyYeeHaa/statuses/116699055072946139Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:04:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:45:09 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog
There is no greater competitive advantage in the world than being a regulated industry.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115979403618848107/statuses/116698979306289393https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115979403618848107/statuses/116698979306289393Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:45:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:25:16 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog ‘member when Congress had the Office of Technology Assessment? Pepperidge Farms Remembers.

https://archive.nytimes.com/economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/gingrich-and-the-destruction-of-congressional-expertise/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/116698901126479461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/suzannealdrich/statuses/116698901126479461Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:25:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:11:28 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog "Protectionist Overhead"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/kluthulhu/statuses/116698846857217727https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/kluthulhu/statuses/116698846857217727Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:11:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:41:29 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog i would tend to agree https://infosec.exchange/@aristot73/116520579896625760

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/aristot73/statuses/116698493046556011https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/aristot73/statuses/116698493046556011Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:41:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If you're wondering why Anthropic et all are publicly making stupid claims ('our AI that writes itself!') and begging world governments to regulate them - while directing the regulation via lobbying - it's pretty simple: they're locking out competitors. on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:35:08 GMT]]>@GossiTheDog i swear that sounds like a shirt at a hacker confrence...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bosh/statuses/116698468076552147https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bosh/statuses/116698468076552147Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:35:08 GMT