Critiquing the 'Sovereign AI' Trend: Self-Hosting as Corporate LARP
curious_vii · x · 2026-08-12
The author argues that many companies LARPing about "sovereign AI" or self-hosting weights due to distrust of major labs like Anthropic and OpenAI are missing the bigger picture. This trend is compared to 00s libertarians claiming to be "sovereign citizens"—an annoying, narrowly technical exercise that probably acts against their own commercial interests.
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