A comic capturing the 'regulatory moat' argument: safety rhetoric vs anticompetitive barriers
LanosZar · reddit · 2026-09-12
The author shares a comic strip that illustrates the core of the regulatory moat argument: AI companies invoking safety to back regulation while the real effect is market control and anticompetitive barriers, contrasting safety rhetoric with actual motives.
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