Beff Jezos: capitalism is the ultimate alignment mechanism, closed ASI labs dodge market discipline
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-13
Guillaume Verdon (beffjezos) argues capitalism is the ultimate alignment mechanism for companies: firms that stay private aren't incentivized to do what's best for the world — they'd rather build a Singleton ASI they control, which the market wouldn't necessarily want.
The quoted tweet adds: the more OpenAI and Anthropic claim commercial pressure pushes AI companies to move too fast, the harder an IPO becomes — public markets add growth expectations, quarterly reporting, and a stock price moving every second, making a 'we need to slow growth' pitch brutal for investors.
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