Beff Jezos: AI safety alarmists are 'useful idiots' for incumbent regulatory capture
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-09-14
e/acc figurehead Beff Jezos reiterates his core claim: AI safety alarmists serve as 'useful idiots' for incumbent companies seeking regulatory capture — Big Tech stokes AI doomerism to manufacture popular demand for overregulation. Commenters dig into the origins of the term 'regulatory capture' and its role in countering safetyist rhetoric.
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