Beff Jezos: AI regulation push aims to ban open source and nationalize Anthropic as a weapon factory
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-10
Beff Jezos (e/acc founder) quote-sharing Evan Conrad's concern about using government to shape AI, argues the endgame is banning open source AI while a Dem government nationalizes Anthropic as a cyber/psychological weapon factory concentrating power for coercion.
His core claim: p(1984) >> p(AI Doom) — authoritarian misuse risk far exceeds extinction risk. "Don't fall for the psyop." A signature intervention from one side of the open source AI regulation debate.
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