Is 'pacing the frontier' regulatory capture? AI circles clash over who bears the cost

zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-13

tszzl argues that frontier-pacing regulation would asymmetrically compress margins of the labs with the strongest AI in America, so by its nature it cannot be an effective regulatory-capture tactic. Altimor pushes back on reflexive "regulatory capture!!" reactions to any lab announcement, calling it tribal thinking.

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