Rob LeCerc on lab cartel claims: all frontier labs seeded by EA, even Elon backs a slowdown — room left for an e/acc lab?
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-13
Quoting a viral post claiming that AI labs are now undeniably 'a loosely coordinated cartel acting in collective self-interest and seeking government-protected monopoly status,' Rob LeCerc observes that all major labs were seeded with Effective Altruism money and even Elon supports a slowdown — asking whether it's too late for an e/acc-seeded lab, and tagging Palmer Luckey, a16z, Chamath, and others as potential backers.
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