Juan Benet says centralized control of AI access is a mistake
juanbenet · x · 2026-07-29
Juan Benet says the current backlash is a reminder of why people should not rely on a single centralized party to control access to intelligence.
He was replying to Max Hodak's complaint that Anthropic's repeated “patronizing safeguards” generate resentment and animosity. Benet's angle is broader: this kind of friction shows why decentralized access matters while there is still time to fix the architecture.
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