Vance calls frontier AI firms' plea for regulation a trojan horse; Wildeford argues AI is genuinely different
peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-14
- JD Vance said he finds it "a bit weird" that so many frontier AI companies are begging the government for regulation, calling it potentially a "trojan horse" to entrench incumbents.
- Peter Wildeford pushed back: while regulatory capture concerns are usually valid, the AI situation is genuinely unprecedented — companies are scared of what they're building and do need help coordinating to slow down.
- The exchange captures the core tension in AI regulation debates: rent-seeking versus genuine risk aversion.
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