Why one blogger thinks AI will be over-regulated anyway, like every big industry
panickssery · x · 2026-09-13
panickssery argues anti-AI activism is beside the point: every large industry ends up over-regulated, and AI will likely follow. He likens it to the Industrial Revolution, which would have been strangled by modern regulation over weaver job losses and social upheaval — spreading good ideas still helps, but accelerating regulatory forces does not.
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