Scoble: calls to slow AI are partly strategic — most in SF think OpenAI is winning
GlenBradley · x · 2026-09-13
Robert Scoble writes that while he usually agrees with Elon Musk on technology, most people he talks to in San Francisco believe OpenAI is winning — creating huge incentives for everyone who isn't Sam Altman to call for slowing down. With existential fears rising, positioning yourself as 'on your side, we want to slow down too' makes strategic sense to get ahead of the mob. Glen Bradley replies that intrinsic AI ethics at the model layer might reduce the pressure to slow down.
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