Analyst Draws Parallel Between COVID Hysteria and Potential AI Regulatory Overreach
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-13
The author ironically predicts that in 2026 people will say 'there's no way legislators will slow down AI and give AI companies a monopoly based on manufactured hysteria' — drawing a direct parallel to 2020, when few believed lockdowns, mask & vaccine mandates and censorship would happen. The point: fear-driven regulatory overreach on AI could absolutely repeat.
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