Redditor: Top AI Labs' 'Slow Down' Call Is Ladder-Pulling After Approaching RSI
TheNotoriousStuG · reddit · 2026-09-14
A Reddit post argues the major AI labs' calls to "slow down" are less about safety and more about pulling up the ladder: with internal models allegedly approaching recursive self-improvement, the labs want regulation that kills open source, monopolizes the market and shuts out international competition — setting themselves up as "a new De Beers." The post has sparked debate over the real motives behind frontier labs' regulatory lobbying.
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