e/acc's Beff Jezos: AI safety media push is 'manufacturing consent for power concentration'
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-13
Beff Jezos amplifies claims from Ramez's Open Source AI Summit presentation that big labs are coordinating a massive media campaign and lobbying politicians to stop open-source AI, since 'they don't want to compete in a free market.' Jezos frames it as 'manufacturing consent for power concentration.'
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