AI Commentator Calls 'Regulatory Capture' Narrative an Internally Inconsistent Conspiracy Theory
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-13
Responding to recent AI discourse framing regulation as big-lab capture, the author argues the theory collapses under a minute of scrutiny: being skeptical of frontier labs' commitments is fine, but these 'regulatory capture' narratives do the opposite of advantaging closed labs over open-weight models.
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