Open-weight models could fuel spam calls, but superintelligence for a few may be worse
dreamwieber · x · 2026-07-27
The author argues that open-weight models could unleash spam calls on an unprecedented scale, but says the larger risk may be a small group of “wise” people being handed superintelligence.
The post is a brief AGI-policy-style warning about two different failure modes:
- Open weights as misuse fuel: the technology could massively lower the cost of automated spam and scam calls.
- Concentration of power: even more worrying, a select few might be granted superintelligent systems because they are seen as trustworthy or enlightened.
It is not a concrete policy proposal, but a broader civilizational concern about access, control, and who gets to wield frontier AI.
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