AI power may concentrate in compute and clouds, not just model labs
GavinSBaker · x · 2026-07-28
The post endorses the framing that concentration is more dangerous than distribution and diffusion.
The quoted thread argues that the real risk is not only whether AI is proprietary or open source, but where power ends up concentrated:
- In a proprietary-only world, power could concentrate among a few model vendors.
- In an open-source world, model pluralism rises, but infrastructure power may shift toward Nvidia, clouds, and compute gatekeepers.
- The broader issue is which actors get to control access to compute and model deployment.
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