AI Pause Advocates Accused of Regulatory Capture as Big Tech Says 'Slow Down Now'
Critics accuse leading AI labs of robber-baron tactics—slowing down after gaining an edge and demanding everyone else follow—while Daniel Kokotajlo warned of regulatory capture, and Alex Tabarrok countered that capture is a losers' game the pause-supporting winners wouldn't play.
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